diff --git a/home.admin/00mainMenu.sh b/home.admin/00mainMenu.sh
index 36c5780e4..2e94ca3ca 100755
--- a/home.admin/00mainMenu.sh
+++ b/home.admin/00mainMenu.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ fi
 if [ "${state}" = "recovered" ]; then
   echo "System recovered - needs final user settings"
   ./20recoverDialog.sh 
-  # remove flag that freshly recovered
-  sudo rm /home/admin/raspiblitz.recover.info
   exit 1
 fi 
 
diff --git a/home.admin/20recoverDialog.sh b/home.admin/20recoverDialog.sh
index d08eaf6ac..9ddb39fc8 100755
--- a/home.admin/20recoverDialog.sh
+++ b/home.admin/20recoverDialog.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Write them down & store them in a safe place.
       sudo systemctl enable lnd.service
       sudo systemctl enable ${network}d.service
 
+      # remove flag that freshly recovered
+      sudo rm /home/admin/raspiblitz.recover.info
+
       # sucess info dialog
       dialog --backtitle "RaspiBlitz" --msgbox "OK - new SSH passord A is '$result'\nFinal reboot is needed." 6 52
       sudo shutdown -r now