diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh
index 3c6c8f20c..b099df1b5 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.web.api.sh
@@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ if [ "$1" = "update-config" ]; then
 
     else
       echo "# CONFIG Web API Lightning --> OFF"
-      sed -i "s/^ln_node=.*/ln_node=/g" ./.env
+      sed -i "s/^ln_node=.*/ln_node=none/g" ./.env
     fi
 
   else
       echo "# CONFIG Web API ... still in setup, skip bitcoin & lightning"
       sed -i "s/^network=.*/network=/g" ./.env
-      sed -i "s/^ln_node=.*/ln_node=/g" ./.env
+      sed -i "s/^ln_node=.*/ln_node=none/g" ./.env
   fi
 
   echo "# '.env' config updates - blitzapi maybe needs to be restarted"