diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-git b/src/freedombone-utils-git
index 558066ee..398d2e78 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-git
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-git
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ function git_pull {
         git branch -D "$2"
         # check out the new branch
         if ! git checkout "$2" -b "$2"; then
+            if [ -f /tmp/.upgrading ]; then
+                rm /tmp/.upgrading
+            fi
             echo $"Unable to checkout $1 $2"
             exit 72357
         fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-web b/src/freedombone-utils-web
index 20a4b875..ac45b0b8 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-web
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-web
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ function letsencrypt_renewals {
 
     # a secondary script keeps trying to renew after a failure
     { echo '#!/bin/bash';
+      echo '';
+      echo 'if [ -f /tmp/.upgrading ]; then';
+      echo '    exit 0';
+      echo 'fi';
       echo '';
       echo "PROJECT_NAME='${PROJECT_NAME}'";
       echo "COMPLETION_FILE=\$HOME/\${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt";
@@ -377,6 +381,11 @@ function letsencrypt_renewals {
       echo "}')";
       echo "        ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS=\$ADMIN_USERNAME@\$HOSTNAME";
       echo '        for d in /etc/letsencrypt/live/*/ ; do';
+      echo '';
+      echo '            if [ -f /tmp/.upgrading ]; then';
+      echo '                exit 0';
+      echo '            fi';
+      echo '';
       echo -n "            LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN=\$(echo \"\$d\" | ";
       echo -n "awk -F '/' '{print ";
       echo -n "\$5";