From 4eca51c3e24bc3ff09d108e751ed55bd6c04b7b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: proddy <paul@derbyshire.nl>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:31:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] switch off watch ID when starting new console

---
 src/console.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/console.cpp b/src/console.cpp
index 09ce690df..fe7020ff1 100644
--- a/src/console.cpp
+++ b/src/console.cpp
@@ -520,10 +520,13 @@ void Console::start() {
 #endif
 
 #if defined(EMSESP_STANDALONE)
+    // always start in su/admin mode when running tests
     shell->add_flags(CommandFlags::ADMIN);
 #endif
 
-// always start the telnet service, except on an ESP8266
+    emsesp::EMSESP::watch(EMSESP::WATCH_OFF); // turn watch off in case it was still set in the last session
+
+// start the telnet service
 // default idle is 10 minutes, default write timeout is 0 (automatic)
 // note, this must be started after the network/wifi for ESP32 otherwise it'll crash
 #ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE