diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 2152d45a5..6682f22dc 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ service dbus start
 
 # Symlink files
 bashio::log.info "Ensuring files are in /config ; please customize as needed"
+touch /config/apprise.txt
 chown -R 1000:1000 /config /etc/birdnet
-for files in "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db"; do
+for files in "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt"; do
     filename="${files##*/}"
     echo "... setting $filename"
     if [ ! -f /config/"$filename" ]; then echo "... copying $filename" && sudo -u pi mv "$files" /config/; fi
@@ -28,14 +29,6 @@ for files in "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db"
     sudo -u pi ln -fs /config/"$filename" /etc/birdnet/"$filename"
 done
 
-for files in "apprise.txt"
-    if [ -f "$files" ]; then
-        echo "... /config/$files exists, it will be sent to BirdNET"  
-    else
-        echo "... /config/$files does not exist, if created before restarting it will be sent to BirdNET"  
-    fi
-done
-
 # Starting services
 bashio::log.info "Starting BirdNET-Pi services"
 chmod +x "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh