diff --git a/deployment/btcpayserver/stub_btcpay_setup.sh b/deployment/btcpayserver/stub_btcpay_setup.sh
index 089cf11..7973988 100755
--- a/deployment/btcpayserver/stub_btcpay_setup.sh
+++ b/deployment/btcpayserver/stub_btcpay_setup.sh
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "chmod 0664 $REMOTE_HOME/.bashrc"
 # send the setup script to the remote machine.
 scp "$SITE_PATH/btcpay.sh" "ubuntu@$FQDN:$REMOTE_HOME/btcpay_setup.sh"
 ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "chmod 0744 $REMOTE_HOME/btcpay_setup.sh"
+
+# script is executed under sudo
 ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "sudo bash -c $REMOTE_HOME/btcpay_setup.sh"
-ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "touch $REMOTE_HOME/btcpay.complete"
+
 
 # lets give time for the containers to spin up
 sleep 10
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