diff --git a/src/emsesp.cpp b/src/emsesp.cpp
index 9a10392c6..94aff0b98 100644
--- a/src/emsesp.cpp
+++ b/src/emsesp.cpp
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ void EMSESP::start() {
 
     esp8266React.begin();  // loads core system services settings (network, mqtt, ap, ntp etc)
     webLogService.begin(); // start web log service. now we can start capturing logs to the web log
+    nvs_.begin("ems-esp", false, "nvs");
 
     LOG_INFO("Starting EMS-ESP version %s", EMSESP_APP_VERSION); // welcome message
     LOG_DEBUG("System is running in Debug mode");
@@ -1487,7 +1488,6 @@ void EMSESP::start() {
         system_.system_restart();
     };
 
-    nvs_.begin("ems-esp");
     webSettingsService.begin(); // load EMS-ESP Application settings...
 
     // do any system upgrades