diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/Makefile b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/Makefile
index 57e55b20..90087ea1 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/Makefile
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fff-hoodutils
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/files/lib/functions/fff/keyxchange b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/files/lib/functions/fff/keyxchange
index faaa85f7..a1028eec 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/files/lib/functions/fff/keyxchange
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoodutils/files/lib/functions/fff/keyxchange
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ getUpgradePath() {
 		json_get_var upath upgrade_path
 		upgrade_path="$upath"
 	else
-		return 1
+		upgrade_path="http://dev.freifunk-franken.de"
+		>&2 echo "Upgrade path not set! Falling back to $upgrade_path"
 	fi
 
 	# add full firmware path for current firmwares variant