diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh
index fdba35d9..7f16bcfd 100644
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,4 @@ echo "presync: started" >> $logFile
   
 # update info file
 echo "state=presync" > $infoFile
-echo "message='started pre-sync'" >> $infoFile
-echo "device=${hddDeviceName}" >> $infoFile
+sudo sed -i "s/^message=.*/message='running pre-sync'/g" ${infoFile}
diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
index 48eb1049..5c15e687 100644
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # default values or as in the config.
 # For more details see background_raspiblitzSettings.md
 
+# unique id
+uid=$(date +%s)
+echo "started" > /home/admin/${uid}.boot
+
 # load codeVersion
 source /home/admin/_version.info