diff --git a/home.admin/setup.scripts/eventBlockchainSync.sh b/home.admin/setup.scripts/eventBlockchainSync.sh
index 5d4b1259a..368e30ff4 100644
--- a/home.admin/setup.scripts/eventBlockchainSync.sh
+++ b/home.admin/setup.scripts/eventBlockchainSync.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # get basic system information
 # these are the same set of infos the WebGUI dialog/controler has
 source /home/admin/_version.info
+source /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf 2>/dev/null
 source /home/admin/raspiblitz.info
 
 # 1st PARAMETER: ssh|lcd