diff --git a/build/write-image.sh b/build/write-image.sh
index cae8261d6..d964e6587 100755
--- a/build/write-image.sh
+++ b/build/write-image.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ sudo mv /tmp/eos-mnt/config.txt.tmp /tmp/eos-mnt/config.txt
 # Unmount the boot partition and mount embassy partition
 sudo umount /tmp/eos-mnt
 sudo mount ${OUTPUT_DEVICE}p2 /tmp/eos-mnt
+sudo touch /tmp/eos-mnt/system-rebuild # rebuild docker state on first startup
 if [ "$NO_KEY" != "1" ]; then sudo cp product_key.txt /tmp/eos-mnt; else echo "This image is being written with no product key"; fi
 sudo umount /tmp/eos-mnt