diff --git a/minidlna.c b/minidlna.c
index 72eb3ae..8c2df3e 100644
--- a/minidlna.c
+++ b/minidlna.c
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
 #ifdef READYNAS
 	DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_GENERAL, "Starting ReadyDLNA...\n");
+	unlink("/ramfs/.upnp-av_scan");
 #else
 	DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_GENERAL, "Starting MiniDLNA...\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/scanner.c b/scanner.c
index fbb0d23..50b2fc2 100644
--- a/scanner.c
+++ b/scanner.c
@@ -787,11 +787,6 @@ ScanDirectory(const char * dir, const char * parent, enum media_types type)
 	if( !parent )
 	{
 		startID = get_next_available_id("OBJECTS", BROWSEDIR_ID);
-		#ifdef READYNAS
-		FILE * flag = fopen("/ramfs/.upnp-av_scan", "w");
-		if( flag )
-			fclose(flag);
-		#endif
 	}
 
 	for (i=0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -831,6 +826,11 @@ start_scanner()
 	if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 15) == -1)
 		DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_INOTIFY,  "Failed to reduce scanner thread priority\n");
 
+#ifdef READYNAS
+	FILE * flag = fopen("/ramfs/.upnp-av_scan", "w");
+	if( flag )
+		fclose(flag);
+#endif
 	scanning = 1;
 	freopen("/dev/null", "a", stderr);
 	while( media_path )