diff --git a/home.admin/00raspiblitz.sh b/home.admin/00raspiblitz.sh
index 9215931..eb6bd61 100755
--- a/home.admin/00raspiblitz.sh
+++ b/home.admin/00raspiblitz.sh
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ waitUntilChainNetworkIsReady()
       blockchainsize=$(sudo du -shbc /mnt/hdd/${network} 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | awk '{print $1;}')
       if [ ${#blockchainsize} -gt 0 ]; then
         if [ ${blockchainsize} -lt ${minSize} ]; then
-          if [ "${state}" != "resync" ]; then
+          isSyncing=$(sudo ls -la /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/blocks/.selfsync | grep -c '.selfsync')
+          if [ ${isSyncing} -eq 0 ]; then
             echo "blockchainsize(${blockchainsize})"
             echo "Missing Blockchain Data (<${minSize}) ..."
             clienterror="missing blockchain"
diff --git a/home.admin/50syncHDD.sh b/home.admin/50syncHDD.sh
index ac1a21e..113b630 100755
--- a/home.admin/50syncHDD.sh
+++ b/home.admin/50syncHDD.sh
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ fi
 echo "*** Activating Blockain Sync ***"
 
 sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd/${network} 2>/dev/null
+sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd/${network}/blocks 2>/dev/null
+sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd/${network}/chainstate 2>/dev/null
 sudo /home/admin/XXcleanHDD.sh -blockchain -force
 
 # set so that 10raspiblitz.sh has a flag to see that resync is running
-sudo sed -i "s/^state=.*/state=resync/g" /home/admin/raspiblitz.info
+sudo touch /mnt/hdd/${network}/blocks/.selfsync
 
 echo "OK - sync is activated"