diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index a20acfda0..212b0dc33 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ bool NodeDB::factoryReset(bool eraseBleBonds)
     if (FSCom.exists("/static/rangetest.csv") && !FSCom.remove("/static/rangetest.csv")) {
         LOG_ERROR("Could not remove rangetest.csv file");
     }
+    if (FSCom.exists("/prefs/ringtone.proto") && !FSCom.remove("/prefs/ringtone.proto")) {
+        LOG_ERROR("Could not remove ringtone.proto file");
+    }
 #endif
     spiLock->unlock();
     // second, install default state (this will deal with the duplicate mac address issue)
diff --git a/src/modules/ExternalNotificationModule.cpp b/src/modules/ExternalNotificationModule.cpp
index c17fcc4fa..76566d4da 100644
--- a/src/modules/ExternalNotificationModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/ExternalNotificationModule.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ ExternalNotificationModule::ExternalNotificationModule()
             memset(rtttlConfig.ringtone, 0, sizeof(rtttlConfig.ringtone));
             // The default ringtone is always loaded from userPrefs.jsonc
             strncpy(rtttlConfig.ringtone, USERPREFS_RINGTONE, sizeof(rtttlConfig.ringtone));
-            rtttlConfig.ringtone[sizeof(rtttlConfig.ringtone) - 1] = '\0'; // Ensure null termination
         }
 
         LOG_INFO("Init External Notification Module");