diff --git a/build_sdcard.sh b/build_sdcard.sh
index c67e3e93d..7ceb85b42 100644
--- a/build_sdcard.sh
+++ b/build_sdcard.sh
@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ if [ ${isDebianInHosts} -eq 0 ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# force locale - see #4861
+# next major release should make sure to be set during sd build card
+echo
+echo "*** Forcing locales ..."
+sudo sed -i '/^en_US.UTF-8/s/^#//' /etc/locale.gen
+sudo sed -i '/^en_GB.UTF-8/s/^/#/' /etc/locale.gen
+sudo locale-gen
+echo -e "LANG=en_US.UTF-8\nLANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8\nLC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee /etc/default/locale > /dev/null
+
 echo "*** Remove unnecessary packages ***"
 unnecessary_packages=(libreoffice* oracle-java* chromium-browser nuscratch scratch sonic-pi plymouth python2 vlc* cups* libcups* libcamera* firefox* ffmpeg libpostproc* eom* evince*)
 for pkg in "${unnecessary_packages[@]}"; do
@@ -392,7 +401,7 @@ echo -e "\n*** SOFTWARE UPDATE ***"
 # sqlite3 -> database
 # fdisk -> create partitions
 # lsb-release -> needed to know which distro version we're running to add APT sources
-general_utils="sudo policykit-1 htop git curl bash-completion vim jq dphys-swapfile bsdmainutils autossh telnet vnstat parted dosfstools fbi sysbench build-essential dialog bc python3-dialog unzip whois fdisk lsb-release smartmontools rsyslog"
+general_utils="sudo policykit-1 htop git curl bash-completion vim jq dphys-swapfile bsdmainutils autossh telnet vnstat parted dosfstools fbi sysbench build-essential dialog bc python3-dialog unzip whois fdisk lsb-release smartmontools rsyslog qrencode"
 # add btrfs-progs if not bookworm on aarch64
 [ "${architecture}" = "aarch64" ] && ! grep "12 (bookworm)" < /etc/os-release && general_utils="${general_utils} btrfs-progs"
 # python3-mako --> https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/3441
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.debug.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.debug.sh
index c0b3a36a9..37557d0d9 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.debug.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.debug.sh
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ else
   echo
 
   echo "*** LAST BLITZAPI LOGS ***"
-  echo "sudo journalctl -u blitzapi -b --no-pager -n20"
-  sudo journalctl -u blitzapi -b --no-pager -n20
+  echo "sudo journalctl -u blitzapi -b --no-pager -n40"
+  sudo journalctl -u blitzapi -b --no-pager -n40
   echo
 fi
 
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
index 84eb5e151..78dcdaf62 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ sudo systemctl disable ssh
 sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
 echo "OK"
 
-# force locale - see #4861
-# next major release should make sure to be set during sd build card
-echo
-echo "Forcing locales ..."
-sudo sed -i '/^en_US.UTF-8/s/^#//' /etc/locale.gen
-sudo sed -i '/^en_GB.UTF-8/s/^/#/' /etc/locale.gen
-sudo locale-gen
-echo -e "LANG=en_US.UTF-8\nLANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8\nLC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee /etc/default/locale > /dev/null
-
 # make sure file system is clean and ready for release
 echo
 echo "fsck on first boot ..."
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.install.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.install.sh
index ecb953de8..93ea4a3f9 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.install.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.install.sh
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ alias ${netprefix}lndconf=\"sudo nano /mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/${netprefix}lnd.conf
 
   # if parameter "initwallet" was set and wallet does not exist yet
   walletExists=$(sudo ls /mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/data/chain/${network}/${CHAIN}/wallet.db 2>/dev/null | grep -c "wallet.db")
+  echo "# initwallet(${initwallet}) walletExists(${walletExists})"
   if [ "${initwallet}" == "1" ] && [ "${walletExists}" == "0" ]; then
       # only ask on mainnet for passwordC - for the testnet/signet its default 'raspiblitz'
       if [ "${CHAIN}" == "mainnet" ]; then
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ alias ${netprefix}lndconf=\"sudo nano /mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/${netprefix}lnd.conf
         echo "# press ENTER to continue"
         read key
       else
+        sudo mkdir -p /mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/data/chain/${network}/${CHAIN}
         seedFile="/mnt/hdd/app-data/lnd/data/chain/${network}/${CHAIN}/seedwords.info"
         echo "seedwords='${seedwords}'" | sudo tee ${seedFile}
         echo "seedwords6x4='${seedwords6x4}'" | sudo tee -a ${seedFile}
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/tor.network.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/tor.network.sh
index 4e8247dd6..bee0bcebe 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/tor.network.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/tor.network.sh
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ case "$1" in
     # add logrotate config for modified Tor dir on ext. disk
     sudo tee /etc/logrotate.d/raspiblitz-tor >/dev/null <<EOF
 /mnt/hdd/app-data/tor/*log {
+        su debian-tor debian-tor
         size 100M
-        rotate 4
+        rotate 2
         compress
         delaycompress
         missingok
@@ -145,9 +146,7 @@ case "$1" in
         create 0640 debian-tor debian-tor
         sharedscripts
         postrotate
-                if invoke-rc.d tor status > /dev/null; then
-                        invoke-rc.d tor reload > /dev/null
-                fi
+            systemctl reload tor >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
         endscript
 }
 EOF