diff --git a/include/configmanager.h b/include/configmanager.h
index e9c5e7c0..a8be749c 100644
--- a/include/configmanager.h
+++ b/include/configmanager.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 extern configData_t cfg;
 
-void saveConfig(bool erase = false);
+void saveConfig(bool erase);
 bool loadConfig(void);
 void eraseConfig(void);
 int version_compare(const String v1, const String v2);
diff --git a/src/bmesensor.cpp b/src/bmesensor.cpp
index 6baa0f1c..eada87ff 100644
--- a/src/bmesensor.cpp
+++ b/src/bmesensor.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void updateState(void) {
     memcpy(cfg.bsecstate, bsecstate_buffer, BSEC_MAX_STATE_BLOB_SIZE);
     cfg.bsecstate[BSEC_MAX_STATE_BLOB_SIZE] = BSEC_MAX_STATE_BLOB_SIZE;
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "saving BSEC state to NVRAM");
-    saveConfig();
+    saveConfig(false);
   }
 }
 #endif