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 2859a07..e46130f 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
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ fi
 
 #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 $3}' /proc/cpuinfo) & 0xFFFFFFFF)):" /usr/lib/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service
-  echo "Used Luckfox CPU S/N to generate unique nodeid seed for Meshtastic."
+  cp /root/.portduino/default/prefs/config.proto /tmp/config.proto.bak
+  sed -i "/^ExecStart=/ s:$: -e --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 restart meshtasticd
+  systemctl enable meshtasticd
+  systemctl start meshtasticd
 fi
 
 # boot complete