diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
index 274fdb385..182185727 100755
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ raspi_bootdir="/boot/firmware"
 ######################################
 # STOP flags - for manual provision
 
-# when a file 'stop' is on the sd card bootfs partition root - stop for manual provision
+# when a file 'stop' is on the sd card bootfs partition root - stop for manual provision (raspberrypi)
 flagExists=$(ls ${raspi_bootdir}/stop 2>/dev/null | grep -c 'stop')
+# when a file 'stop' is in the /home/admin directory - stop for manual provision (laptop)
+if [ "${flagExists}" = "0" ]; then
+  flagExists=$(ls /home/admin/stop 2>/dev/null | grep -c 'stop')
+fi
 if [ "${flagExists}" = "1" ]; then
   localip=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
   /home/admin/_cache.sh set state "stop"
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
index 8db1b78b3..407874cce 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.release.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ sudo systemctl stop background.scan.service
 # remove stop flag (if exists)
 echo "deleting stop flag .."
 sudo rm ${raspi_bootdir}/stop 2>/dev/null
+sudo rm /home/admin/stop 2>/dev/null
 
 # cleaning logs
 echo "deleting raspiblitz & system logs .."