diff --git a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
index a3a8a2087..9fb1b589f 100644
--- a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void PhoneAPI::close()
         config_nonce = 0;
         config_state = 0;
         pauseBluetoothLogging = false;
+        heartbeatReceived = false;
     }
 }