diff --git a/openwrt/config_generation.sh b/openwrt/config_generation.sh
index 432a2c4..0045675 100644
--- a/openwrt/config_generation.sh
+++ b/openwrt/config_generation.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ commit() {
 
 start() {
     [ -d /overlay/upper.prev ] || {
+        log 'no configuration reload in progress. rollback service might be left enabled by accident. clean up ...'
         _unregister_script
         exit 0
     }