diff --git a/home.admin/00settingsMenuBasics.sh b/home.admin/00settingsMenuBasics.sh
index 15121890f..a2854060d 100755
--- a/home.admin/00settingsMenuBasics.sh
+++ b/home.admin/00settingsMenuBasics.sh
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ if [ ${check} -eq 1 ]; then choice="on"; fi
 if [ "${blitzapi}" != "${choice}" ]; then
   echo "Blitz API + webUI settings changed .."
   anychange=1
-  sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh ${choice}
-  sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.ui.sh ${choice}
+  sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh ${choice} DEFAULT
+  sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.ui.sh ${choice} DEFAULT
   errorOnInstall=$?
   if [ "${choice}" =  "on" ]; then
     whiptail --title " Installed Blitz API + webUI" --msgbox "\
diff --git a/home.admin/_provision.update.sh b/home.admin/_provision.update.sh
index c434b1742..ba70cd960 100755
--- a/home.admin/_provision.update.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_provision.update.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ else
   echo "WARN: /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf not found" >> ${logFile}
 fi
 
+# delete old Tor v1 addresses from config -  see: https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/3659
+sed -i -E "/^addnode=[a-z0-9]{8,18}\.onion/d" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf 2>/dev/null
+
 echo "Version Code: ${codeVersion}" >> ${logFile}
 echo "Version Data: ${raspiBlitzVersion}" >> ${logFile}
 
diff --git a/home.admin/_version.info b/home.admin/_version.info
index c818fb0f7..477181820 100644
--- a/home.admin/_version.info
+++ b/home.admin/_version.info
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # RaspiBlitz Version - always [major].[main].[sub] (sub can be a string like '2rc1')
-codeVersion="1.9.0rc1"
+codeVersion="1.9.0rc2"
 # keep last line with comment
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
index b627c516c..13772ce68 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Based on: https://gist.github.com/normandmickey/3f10fc077d15345fb469034e3697d0d0
 
 # https://github.com/dgarage/NBXplorer/tags
-NBXplorerVersion="v2.3.58"
+NBXplorerVersion="v2.3.59"
 # https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases
 BTCPayVersion="v1.7.5"
 
@@ -399,10 +399,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
   sudo -u btcpay /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.git-verify.sh "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" || exit 1
   echo "# Build NBXplorer $NBXplorerVersion"
   # from the build.sh with path
-  sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release NBXplorer/NBXplorer.csproj || (
-    echo "# Build failed"
-    exit 1
-  )
+  sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release NBXplorer/NBXplorer.csproj || exit 1
 
   # BTCPayServer
   echo "# Install BTCPayServer"
@@ -423,10 +420,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
   echo "# Build BTCPayServer $BTCPayVersion"
   # from the build.sh with path
   sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release \
-    /home/btcpay/btcpayserver/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj || (
-    echo "# Build failed"
-    exit 1
-  )
+    /home/btcpay/btcpayserver/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj || exit 1
 
   exit 0
 fi
@@ -757,10 +751,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
     echo "# Build NBXplorer $TAG"
     # from the build.sh with path
     sudo systemctl stop nbxplorer
-    sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release NBXplorer/NBXplorer.csproj || (
-      echo "# Build failed"
-      exit 1
-    )
+    sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release NBXplorer/NBXplorer.csproj || exit 1
+
     # whitelist localhost in bitcoind
     if ! sudo grep -Eq "^whitelist=127.0.0.1" /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf; then
       echo "whitelist=127.0.0.1" | sudo tee -a /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
@@ -813,10 +805,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
     echo "# Build BTCPayServer $TAG"
     # from the build.sh with path
     sudo systemctl stop btcpayserver
-    sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release /home/btcpay/btcpayserver/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj || (
-      echo "# Build failed"
-      exit 1
-    )
+    sudo -u btcpay /home/btcpay/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release /home/btcpay/btcpayserver/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj || exit 1
     sudo systemctl start btcpayserver
     echo "# Updated BTCPayServer to $TAG"
   fi
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.fulcrum.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.fulcrum.sh
index cd177311f..bf008cc9a 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.fulcrum.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.fulcrum.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ if [ "$1" = on ]; then
   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Electron-Cash/keys-n-hashes/master/pubkeys/calinkey.txt | sudo -u fulcrum gpg --import
 
   # look for 'Good signature'
-  sudo -u fulcrum gpg --verify Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz.asc || (echo "Failed to verify the GPG signature of Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz"; exit 1)
+  sudo -u fulcrum gpg --verify Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz.asc || exit 1
 
   # look for 'OK'
-  sudo -u fulcrum sha256sum -c Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz.sha256sum --ignore-missing || (echo "Failed to verify the sha256 hash of Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz"; exit 1)
+  sudo -u fulcrum sha256sum -c Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz.sha256sum --ignore-missing || exit 1
 
   # decompress
   sudo -u fulcrum tar -xvf Fulcrum-${fulcrumVersion}-${build}.tar.gz
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl-plugin.cln-grpc.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl-plugin.cln-grpc.sh
index 649db719a..00dbe4bb4 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl-plugin.cln-grpc.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl-plugin.cln-grpc.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = off ]; then
 
 elif [ "$1" = update ]; then
   if [ "$(echo "$@" | grep -c source)" -gt 0 ];then
-    cd /home/bitcoin/lightning/ || (echo " The source is not present"; exit 1)
+    cd /home/bitcoin/lightning/ || exit 1
     sudo -u bitcoin git pull
   fi
   sudo rm -rf /home/bitcoin/cl-plugins-available/cln-grpc
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
index 4912a09e3..f69919253 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function decryptHSMsecret() {
       /home/admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh unlock ${CHAIN}
       # attempt to decrypt again
       sudo cat $passwordFile | sudo -u bitcoin lightning-hsmtool decrypt \
-       "$hsmSecretPath" || (echo "# Couldn't decrypt"; exit 1)
+       "$hsmSecretPath" || exit 1
     fi
   fi
   shredPasswordFile