diff --git a/foxbuntu/project/cfg/BoardConfig_IPC/overlay/overlay-luckfox-ubuntu/etc/rc.local b/foxbuntu/project/cfg/BoardConfig_IPC/overlay/overlay-luckfox-ubuntu/etc/rc.local
index ee67b13..8055c0f 100755
--- a/foxbuntu/project/cfg/BoardConfig_IPC/overlay/overlay-luckfox-ubuntu/etc/rc.local
+++ b/foxbuntu/project/cfg/BoardConfig_IPC/overlay/overlay-luckfox-ubuntu/etc/rc.local
@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ echo 'ds1307 0x68' | sudo tee /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-3/new_device > /dev/nul
 # activating USER LED
 echo 34 > /sys/class/gpio/export && echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio34/direction &
 
-#run once to set meshtastic nodeid to derivative of CPU serial number (unique to this board). Check at boot in case of upgrade overwriting this.
-if ! grep -q "^ExecStart=.*--hwid" /usr/lib/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service; then
-  cp /root/.portduino/default/prefs/config.proto /tmp/config.proto.bak
-  sed -i "/^ExecStart=/ s:$: --hwid $((0x$(awk '/Serial/ {print $3}' /proc/cpuinfo) & 0xFFFFFFFF)):" /usr/lib/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service
-  echo "Using Luckfox CPU S/N to generate nodeid for Meshtastic."
-  systemctl daemon-reload
-  systemctl enable meshtasticd
-  systemctl start meshtasticd
-fi
-
 (
   if ip addr show wlan0 | grep -q 'inet '; then
     echo "Wifi (wlan0) is online.";
@@ -76,6 +66,15 @@ fi
 # does not appear to lower power consumption, but needs more testing
 #(sleep 5 && cpufreq-set -u 408000 && echo "Boot complete, setting CPU frequency to 408mhz.") &
 
+#run once to set meshtastic nodeid to derivative of CPU serial number (unique to this board). Check at boot in case of upgrade overwriting this.
+if ! grep -q "^ExecStart=.*--hwid" /usr/lib/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service; then
+  sed -i "/^ExecStart=/ s:$: --hwid $((0x$(awk '/Serial/ {print $3}' /proc/cpuinfo) & 0xFFFFFFFF)):" /usr/lib/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service
+  echo "Using Luckfox CPU S/N to generate nodeid for Meshtastic."
+  systemctl daemon-reload
+  systemctl enable meshtasticd
+  systemctl start meshtasticd
+fi
+
 # run USB automount and config tool
 /usr/local/bin/usbconfig.sh