diff --git a/imagesync.sh b/imagesync.sh
index 4a893aa..8a91d60 100755
--- a/imagesync.sh
+++ b/imagesync.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ print_waiting "Checking partition tables"
 if [ "$parttable" != "$readtable" ];then
 	print_done
 	print_waiting "Partition tables do not match; partitioning disk"
+	rewrite_rootfs=true
 sfdisk -q $disk << PARTTABLE
 $parttable
 PARTTABLE
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ fi
 print_waiting "Checking root filesystem"
 e2fsck -y $root
 fsck=$?
-if [ $fsck != 0 ] && [ $fsck != 1 ];then
+if [ $fsck != 0 ] && [ $fsck != 1 ] || [ "$rewrite_rootfs" == "true" ];then
 	print_done
 	print_waiting "Creating root filesystem"
 	mke2fs -q -F -t ext4 $root