diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index 67e43d11..a3408933 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ SHARINGS_THEME_COMMIT='7106c7ef03'
 GNUSOCIAL_NSFW_REPO="https://gitgud.io/ShitposterClub/SensitiveContent"
 GNUSOCIAL_NSFW_COMMIT='a096bbe0cfae9a9b177682920ffb58d32a48e136'
 
+# script which causes old posts to expire
+gnusocial_expire_script=/usr/bin/gnusocial-expire
+
 function install_interactive_gnusocial {
     if [ ! $ONION_ONLY ]; then
         ONION_ONLY='no'
@@ -360,6 +363,9 @@ function remove_gnusocial {
     remove_onion_service microblog ${MICROBLOG_ONION_PORT}
     sed -i '/install_gnusocial/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
     sed -i '/GNU Social /d' $COMPLETION_FILE
+    if grep -q "$gnusocial_expire_script" /etc/crontab; then
+        sed -i "/$gnusocial_expire_script/d" /etc/crontab
+    fi
     remove_app gnusocial
 }
 
@@ -615,6 +621,10 @@ function install_gnusocial_main {
         echo $"Microblog administrator password: $MICROBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD" >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
         chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
         chmod 600 /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
+    else
+        if [ -f /home/$MY_USERNAME/README ]; then
+            sed -i "s|Microblog administrator password.*|Microblog administrator password: $MICROBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD|g" /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
+        fi
     fi
 
     if ! grep -q "Microblog onion domain" /home/$MY_USERNAME/README; then
@@ -622,10 +632,24 @@ function install_gnusocial_main {
         echo '' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
         chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
         chmod 600 /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
+    else
+        if [ -f /home/$MY_USERNAME/README ]; then
+            sed -i "s|Microblog onion domain.*|Microblog onion domain: ${MICROBLOG_ONION_HOSTNAME}|g" /home/$MY_USERNAME/README
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep -q "GNU Social onion domain" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+        echo "GNU Social onion domain:${MICROBLOG_ONION_HOSTNAME}" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+    else
+        sed -i "s|GNU Social onion domain.*|GNU Social onion domain:${MICROBLOG_ONION_HOSTNAME}|g" $COMPLETION_FILE
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep -q "GNU Social domain" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
+        echo "GNU Social domain:$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+    else
+        sed -i "s|GNU Social domain.*|GNU Social domain:$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME|g" $COMPLETION_FILE
     fi
-    echo "GNU Social onion domain:${MICROBLOG_ONION_HOSTNAME}" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
 
-    echo "GNU Social domain:$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
     install_completed gnusocial_main
 }
 
@@ -754,8 +778,6 @@ function expire_gnusocial_posts {
         return
     fi
 
-    gnusocial_expire_script=/usr/bin/gnusocial-expire
-
     echo '<?php' > $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '// GNU Social post expiry script, based on StatExpire by Tony Baldwin' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
@@ -894,6 +916,8 @@ function install_gnusocial_theme {
 
     if ! grep -q "GNU Social theme commit" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         echo "GNU Social theme commit:$MICROBLOG_THEME_COMMIT" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+    else
+        sed -i "s|GNU Social theme commit.*|GNU Social theme commit:$MICROBLOG_THEME_COMMIT|g" $COMPLETION_FILE
     fi
 
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs
@@ -935,6 +959,8 @@ function install_gnusocial_markdown {
 
     if ! grep -q "GNU Social Markdown commit" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         echo "GNU Social Markdown commit:$MICROBLOG_MARKDOWN_COMMIT" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
+    else
+        sed -i "s|GNU Social Markdown commit.*|GNU Social Markdown commit:$MICROBLOG_MARKDOWN_COMMIT|g" $COMPLETION_FILE
     fi
 
     chown -R www-data:www-data $MICROBLOG_PATH