diff --git a/controls_backupToStorage.txt b/controls_backupToStorage.txt
index ccce939..ae4a9f0 100644
--- a/controls_backupToStorage.txt
+++ b/controls_backupToStorage.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 UPD 2020-06-17_15:03:50 3368 FHEM/98_backupToStorage.pm
-UPD 2020-06-17_15:20:54 10052 lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm
+UPD 2020-06-17_15:30:50 10123 lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm
diff --git a/lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm b/lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm
index e46389c..cab4666 100644
--- a/lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm
+++ b/lib/FHEM/backupToStorage.pm
@@ -80,10 +80,15 @@ sub Define {
     $hash->{NOTIFYDEV} = 'global';
 
     readingsSingleUpdate( $hash, 'state',
-        'please set storage account credentials first', 1 )
-      if ( AttrVal( $name, 'bTS_Host', 'none' ) eq 'none'
-        || AttrVal( $name, 'bTS_User', 'none' ) eq 'none'
-        || !defined( ReadPassword( $hash, $name ) ) );
+        ( 
+               (AttrVal( $name, 'bTS_Host', 'none' ) eq 'none'
+            || AttrVal( $name, 'bTS_User', 'none' ) eq 'none'
+            || !defined( ReadPassword( $hash, $name ) ) )
+          ? 'please set storage account credentials first'
+          : 'ready'
+        )
+        , 1
+    );
 
     Log3( $name, 3, "backupToStorage ($name) - defined" );