diff --git a/fhem/contrib/signal/signal_install.sh b/fhem/contrib/signal/signal_install.sh
index 353a927cb..b621d020a 100755
--- a/fhem/contrib/signal/signal_install.sh
+++ b/fhem/contrib/signal/signal_install.sh
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ $NEEDINSTALL = 1 ]; then
 	echo "Proceed with signal cli installation"
+	stop_service
 	cd /tmp
 	echo -n "Downloading signal-cli $SIGNALVERSION..."
 	wget -qN https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/download/v$SIGNALVERSION/signal-cli-$SIGNALVERSION.tar.gz
@@ -306,8 +307,6 @@ if [ $NEEDINSTALL = 1 ]; then
 			echo "done"
 		fi
 		echo "done"
-		echo -n "Changing file ownership ..."
-		echo "done"
 		rm -f /tmp/signal-cli-$SIGNALVERSION.tar.gz
 	fi
 fi
@@ -446,6 +445,9 @@ REP1=`echo $REPLY | grep $SIGNALVERSION`
 
 if [ -n "$REP1" ]; then
    echo "success" # - "signal-cli running in standard registration mode"
+else
+   echo "unexpected reply"
+   echo $REPLY
 fi
 #if [ -n "$REP2"  ]; then
 #   echo "partial success - still running in -u mode - check $SYSTEMD/signal.service"