diff --git a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
index e48b0ec..f2928fc 100755
--- a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
+++ b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
@@ -143,25 +143,28 @@ sed -i "s|{{ET_CALLSIGN}}|${CALLSIGN}|g" ${RETICULUM_CONF_FILE}
 # RNode (LoRA) interface updates
 ############################################################
 
-# 1. Enable/disable intereface based on PnP device detection
+# Enable/disable intereface based on PnP device detection
 if [[ -e "${ET_DEVICE_LORA}" ]]; then
   INTERFACE_RNODE_ENABLED="yes"
+
+  # Determine max power settings
+  et-log "Connecting to device to determine max power..."
+
+  INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER=`rnodeconf -i ${ET_DEVICE_LORA} | awk -F': ' '/Max TX power/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
+  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER=${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER_DEFAULT}
+    et-log "Can't determine max power. Using defaulting ${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}."
+  fi
+
+  et-log "Setting max power to ${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER} dBm."
+  sed -i "s|{{ET_RETICULUM_INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}}|${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}|g" ${RETICULUM_CONF_FILE}
+
 else
   INTERFACE_RNODE_ENABLED="no"
 fi
+
 sed -i "s|{{ET_RETICULUM_INTERFACE_RNODE_ENABLED}}|${INTERFACE_RNODE_ENABLED}|g" ${RETICULUM_CONF_FILE}
 
-# 2. Determine max power settings
-et-log "Connecting to device to determine max power..."
-INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER=`rnodeconf -i ${ET_DEVICE_LORA} | awk -F': ' '/Max TX power/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-  INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER=${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER_DEFAULT}
-  et-log "Can't determine max power. Using defaulting ${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}."
-fi
-
-et-log "Setting max power to ${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER} dBm."
-sed -i "s|{{ET_RETICULUM_INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}}|${INTERFACE_RNODE_TXPOWER}|g" ${RETICULUM_CONF_FILE}
-
 
 CMD="rnsd"
 et-log "Starting Reticulum: ${CMD}"