diff --git a/build.sdcard/raspbianStretchDesktop.sh b/build.sdcard/raspbianStretchDesktop.sh
index 3a1a473..5109199 100644
--- a/build.sdcard/raspbianStretchDesktop.sh
+++ b/build.sdcard/raspbianStretchDesktop.sh
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@ if [ "${baseImage}" = "raspbian" ]; then
   display_rotate=3
 
   dtoverlay=i2c-gpio,i2c_gpio_scl=24,i2c_gpio_sda=23
-  EOF
-    init 6
   fi
-fi
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+  init 6
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home.admin/40addHDD.sh b/home.admin/40addHDD.sh
index 0e5e5ff..1dff702 100755
--- a/home.admin/40addHDD.sh
+++ b/home.admin/40addHDD.sh
@@ -42,25 +42,19 @@ if [ ${existsHDD} -gt 0 ]; then
         sudo mount -a
         mountOK=$(df | grep -c /mnt/hdd)
         if [ ${mountOK} -eq 1 ]; then
-
           echo "OK - HDD is mounted"
 	        echo ""
 
-          # init the RASPIBLITZ Config (if not exist on provision)
-          configExists=$(sudo ls /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf | grep -c 'raspiblitz.conf')
-          if [ ${configExists} -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "Creating raspiblitz.conf on HDD"
-            source /home/admin/_version.info
-            configFile="/mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf"
-            echo "# RASPIBLITZ CONFIG FILE" > $configFile
-            echo "raspiBlitzVersion='${codeVersion}'" >> $configFile
-            echo "network=${network}" >> $configFile
-            echo "chain=${chain}" >> $configFile
-            echo "hostname=${hostname}" >> $configFile
-            sudo chmod 777 ${configFile}
-            echo "OK"
-            echo ""
-          fi
+          # init the RASPIBLITZ Config
+          source /home/admin/_version.info
+          configFile="/mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf"
+          sudo touch $configFile
+          sudo chmod 777 ${configFile}
+          echo "# RASPIBLITZ CONFIG FILE" > $configFile
+          echo "raspiBlitzVersion='${codeVersion}'" >> $configFile
+          echo "network=${network}" >> $configFile
+          echo "chain=${chain}" >> $configFile
+          echo "hostname=${hostname}" >> $configFile
 
           # move SSH pub keys to HDD so that they survive an update
           echo "moving SSH pub keys to HDD"