diff --git a/__root__stratux-pre-start.sh b/__root__stratux-pre-start.sh
index cda14e54..4e250df8 100755
--- a/__root__stratux-pre-start.sh
+++ b/__root__stratux-pre-start.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,39 @@ if [ -e /root/update*stratux*v*.sh ] ; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+##### Script for setting up new file structure for hostapd settings
+##### Look for hostapd.user and if found do nothing.
+##### If not assume because of previous version and convert to new file structure
+DAEMON_USER_PREF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.user
+if [ ! -f $DAEMON_USER_PREF ]; then
+	DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+    DAEMON_CONF_EDIMAX=/etc/hostapd/hostapd-edimax.conf
+	HOSTAPD_VALUES=('ssid=' 'channel=' 'auth_algs=' 'wpa=' 'wpa_passphrase=' 'wpa_key_mgmt=' 'wpa_pairwise=' 'rsn_pairwise=')
+	HOSTAPD_VALUES_RM=('#auth_algs=' '#wpa=' '#wpa_passphrase=' '#wpa_key_mgmt=' '#wpa_pairwise=' '#rsn_pairwise=')
+	
+	for i in "${HOSTAPD_VALUES[@]}" 
+	do
+    	if grep -q "^$i" $DAEMON_CONF
+		then
+        	grep "^$i" $DAEMON_CONF >> $DAEMON_USER_PREF
+        	sed -i '/^'"$i"'/d' $DAEMON_CONF
+			sed -i '/^'"$i"'/d' $DAEMON_CONF_EDIMAX
+		fi
+	done
+	for i in "${HOSTAPD_VALUES_RM[@]}"
+	do
+    	if grep -q "^$i" $DAEMON_CONF
+		then
+			sed -i '/^'"$i"'/d' $DAEMON_CONF
+			sed -i '/^'"$i"'/d' $DAEMON_CONF_EDIMAX
+		fi
+	done
+    sleep 1     #make sure there is time to get the file written before checking for it again
+    # If once the code above runs and there is still no hostapd.user file then something is wrong and we will just create the file with basic settings. 
+    # Any more then this they somebody was messing with things and its not our fault things are this bad
+	if [ ! -f $DAEMON_USER_PREF ]; then 
+		echo "ssid=stratux" >> $DAEMON_USER_PREF
+	    echo "channel=1" >> $DAEMON_USER_PREF
+	fi
+fi
+##### End hostapd settings structure script
diff --git a/image/hostapd-edimax.conf b/image/hostapd-edimax.conf
index f1e7552f..19f599a0 100644
--- a/image/hostapd-edimax.conf
+++ b/image/hostapd-edimax.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 interface=wlan0
 driver=rtl871xdrv
-ssid=stratux
 hw_mode=g
-channel=1
 wme_enabled=1
 ieee80211n=1
 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
diff --git a/image/hostapd.conf b/image/hostapd.conf
index ca3c19f0..10909401 100644
--- a/image/hostapd.conf
+++ b/image/hostapd.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 interface=wlan0
-ssid=stratux
 hw_mode=g
-channel=1
 wmm_enabled=1
 ieee80211n=1
 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
diff --git a/image/hostapd_manager.sh b/image/hostapd_manager.sh
index 13963310..2901bcec 100644
--- a/image/hostapd_manager.sh
+++ b/image/hostapd_manager.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fi
 #If an option should be followed by an argument, it should be followed by a ":".
 #Notice there is no ":" after "oqh". The leading ":" suppresses error messages from
 #getopts. This is required to get my unrecognized option code to work.
-options=':s:c:e:oqh'
+options=':s:c:eoqh'
 while getopts $options option; do
   case $option in
     s)  #set option "s"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ while getopts $options option; do
           OPT_C=$OPTARG
           echo "$parm Channel option -c used: $OPT_C"
           if [[ "$OPT_C" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$OPT_C" -ge 1 -a "$OPT_C" -le 13  ]; then
-          	echo "${GREEN}    Channel will now be set to ${BOLD}${UNDR}$OPT_C.${WHITE}${NORMAL}"
+          	echo "${GREEN}    Channel will now be set to ${BOLD}${UNDR}$OPT_C${WHITE}${NORMAL}."
           else
             echo "${BOLD}${RED}$err Channel is not within acceptable values, exiting...${WHITE}${NORMAL}"
             exit 1
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ while getopts $options option; do
       ;;
     e)  #set option "e"
       if [[ -z "${OPTARG}" || "${OPTARG}" == *[[:space:]]* || "${OPTARG}" == -* ]]; then
-          echo "${BOLD}${RED}$err Encryption option(-e) used without passphrase, exiting...${WHITE}${NORMAL}"
-          exit 1
+          echo "${BOLD}${RED}$err Encryption option(-e) used without passphrase, Passphrase will be set to ${BOLD}$defaultPass${NORMAL}...${WHITE}${NORMAL}"
+          OPT_E=$defaultPass
       else
         OPT_E=$OPTARG
         echo "$parm Encryption option -e used:"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ while getopts $options option; do
       HELP
       ;;
    \?) # invalid option
-     echo "${BOLD}${RED}$err Invalid option -$OPTARG" >&2
+     echo "${BOLD}${RED}$err Invalid option -$OPTARG ${WHITE}${NORMAL}" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
    :) # Missing Arg 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ echo "${BOLD}No errors found. Continuning...${NORMAL}"
 echo ""
 
 # files to edit
-HOSTAPD=('/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf' '/etc/hostapd/hostapd-edimax.conf')
+HOSTAPD=('/etc/hostapd/hostapd.user')
 
 ####
 #### File modification loop
@@ -254,9 +254,31 @@ do
     echo ""
   fi
 done
-echo "${YELLOW}$att Don't forget to reboot... $att ${WHITE}"
+echo "${RED}${BOLD} $att At this time the script will restart your WiFi services.${WHITE}${NORMAL}"
+echo "If you are connected to Stratux through the ${BOLD}192.168.10.1${NORMAL} interface then you will be disconnected"
+echo "Please wait 1 min and look for the new SSID on your wireless device."
+sleep 3
+echo "${YELLOW}$att Restarting Stratux WiFi Services... $att ${WHITE}"
+echo "Killing hostapd..."
+/usr/bin/killall -9 hostapd hostapd-edimax
+echo "Killed..."
+echo ""
+echo "Killing DHCP Server..."
+echo ""
+/usr/sbin/service isc-dhcp-server stop
+sleep 0.5
+echo "Killed..."
+echo ""
+echo "ifdown wlan0..."
+ifdown wlan0
+sleep 0.5
+echo "ifup wlan0..."
+echo "Calling Stratux WiFI Start Script(stratux-wifi.sh)..."
+ifup wlan0
+sleep 0.5
 echo ""
 echo ""
+echo "All systems should be up and running and you should see your new SSID!"
 
 ### End main loop ###
 
diff --git a/image/stratux-wifi.sh b/image/stratux-wifi.sh
index 55e6a87a..6211dbc9 100755
--- a/image/stratux-wifi.sh
+++ b/image/stratux-wifi.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-
 # Preliminaries. Kill off old services.
 /usr/bin/killall -9 hostapd hostapd-edimax
 /usr/sbin/service isc-dhcp-server stop
 
+#Assume PI3 settings
+DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+DAEMON_SBIN=/usr/sbin/hostapd
+
+#User settings for hostapd.conf and hostapd-edimax.conf
+DAEMON_USER_PREF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.user
+
+DAEMON_TMP=/tmp/hostapd.conf
 
 # Detect RPi version.
 #  Per http://elinux.org/RPi_HardwareHistory
-
-DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
-DAEMON_SBIN=/usr/sbin/hostapd
 EW7811Un=$(lsusb | grep EW-7811Un)
 RPI_REV=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'Revision' | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/^1000//'`
 if [ "$RPI_REV" = "a01041" ] || [ "$RPI_REV" = "a21041" ] || [ "$RPI_REV" = "900092" ] || [ "$RPI_REV" = "900093" ] && [ "$EW7811Un" != '' ]; then
  # This is a RPi2B or RPi0 with Edimax USB Wifi dongle.
  DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd-edimax.conf
- DAEMON_SBIN=/usr/sbin/hostapd-edimax
-else
- DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+ DAEMON_SBIN=/etc/hostapd/hostapd-edimax
 fi
 
+#Make a new hostapd or hostapd-edimax conf file based on logic above
+cp -f ${DAEMON_CONF} ${DAEMON_TMP}
 
-${DAEMON_SBIN} -B ${DAEMON_CONF}
+#inject user settings from file to tmp conf
+cat ${DAEMON_USER_PREF} >> ${DAEMON_TMP}
 
-sleep 5
+${DAEMON_SBIN} -B ${DAEMON_TMP}
+
+sleep 3
 
 /usr/sbin/service isc-dhcp-server start
diff --git a/selfupdate/makeupdate.sh b/selfupdate/makeupdate.sh
index 64c01b25..aac2f469 100755
--- a/selfupdate/makeupdate.sh
+++ b/selfupdate/makeupdate.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cp __root__stratux-pre-start.sh work/bin/
 cp dump1090/dump1090 work/bin/
 cp -r web work/bin/
 cp image/hostapd.conf work/bin/
+cp image/hostapd-edimax.conf work/bin/
 cp image/config.txt work/bin/
 cp image/rtl-sdr-blacklist.conf work/bin/
 cp image/bashrc.txt work/bin/