diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 742228ae3..0ce01405f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.geeksville.mesh"
         minSdkVersion 21 // The oldest emulator image I have tried is 22 (though 21 probably works)
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 20106 // format is Mmmss (where M is 1+the numeric major number
-        versionName "1.1.6"
+        versionCode 20107 // format is Mmmss (where M is 1+the numeric major number
+        versionName "1.1.7"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
     buildTypes {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index abbafbe6e..2cd528cf3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -1108,6 +1108,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
     private fun updateRegion() {
         ignoreException {
             // Try to pull our region code from the new preferences field
+            // FIXME - do not check net - figuring out why board is rebooting
             val curConfigRegion = radioConfig?.preferences?.region ?: MeshProtos.RegionCode.Unset
             if (curConfigRegion != MeshProtos.RegionCode.Unset) {
                 info("Using device region $curConfigRegion (code ${curConfigRegion.number})")
@@ -1171,12 +1172,12 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
                 haveNodeDB = true // we now have nodes from real hardware
                 processEarlyPackets() // send receive any packets that were queued up
 
-                updateRegion()
-
                 // broadcast an intent with our new connection state
                 serviceBroadcasts.broadcastConnection()
                 onNodeDBChanged()
                 reportConnection()
+
+                updateRegion()
             }
         } else
             warn("Ignoring stale config complete")