diff --git a/packer/initramfs/labsync b/packer/initramfs/labsync
index ac1e327..df7f3c7 100755
--- a/packer/initramfs/labsync
+++ b/packer/initramfs/labsync
@@ -173,10 +173,13 @@ PARTTABLE
 	mount -t ext4 "$lv_path_overlay" /rw_root
 	mkdir -p /rw_root/upper /rw_root/work
 	mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=/ro_root,upperdir=/rw_root/upper,workdir=/rw_root/work /root
-	if grep -q '^LABSYNC=' /root/etc/environment; then
-		sed -i "s/^\(LABSYNC\)=.*$/\1='$torrent_name'/" /root/etc/environment
-	else
-		echo "LABSYNC='$torrent_name'" >> /root/etc/environment
+
+	if [ -z "$labsync_localboot" ]; then
+		if grep -q '^LABSYNC=' /root/etc/environment; then
+			sed -i "s/^\(LABSYNC\)=.*$/\1='$torrent_name'/" /root/etc/environment
+		else
+			echo "LABSYNC='$torrent_name'" >> /root/etc/environment
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	case "$labsync_wait" in