diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index ba8e65a7..7ab37ad0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ function mesh_batman {
   echo '        mv /usr/local/share/toxic/DHTnodes.internet /usr/local/share/toxic/DHTnodes' >> $batman_script
   echo '    fi' >> $batman_script
   echo '' >> $batman_script
+  echo '    sudo rm -f /tmp/meshtype' >> $batman_script
+  echo '' >> $batman_script
   echo '    # kill processes' >> $batman_script
   echo '    zeronet_proc=$(ps aux | grep zeronet | grep -v grep | awk -F " " "{print $2}" | head -n1)' >> $batman_script
   echo '    if [ "$zeronet_proc" ]; then' >> $batman_script
@@ -414,8 +416,6 @@ function mesh_batman {
   echo '    if [ "$tracker_proc" ]; then' >> $batman_script
   echo '        kill -9 $tracker_proc 2> /dev/null' >> $batman_script
   echo '    fi' >> $batman_script
-  echo '' >> $batman_script
-  echo '    sudo rm -f /tmp/meshtype' >> $batman_script
   echo '}' >> $batman_script
   echo '' >> $batman_script
   echo 'if ! grep -q "$IFACE" /proc/net/dev; then' >> $batman_script