diff --git a/helper/helper_embark_general.sh b/helper/helper_embark_general.sh
index bb4955e5..2013d7a8 100644
--- a/helper/helper_embark_general.sh
+++ b/helper/helper_embark_general.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ check_db() {
         echo -e "$CYAN""You could try recoverying manually by overwriting your\".env\" file""$NC\\n"
         if [[ -f safe/history.env ]]; then
           echo -e "$CYAN""The mysql-db was first started with the password(sha256sum): $(head -n1 ./safe/history.env | cut -d";" -f1) ""$NC\\n"
+          echo -e "$CYAN""And the password used was (sha256sum): $(echo "${PW_ENV}" | sha256sum)""$NC\\n"
         fi
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -138,17 +139,6 @@ check_db() {
   echo -e "$GREEN""$BOLD""[+] Everything checks out""$NC\\n"
 }
 
-check_safe() {
-  local ENV_FILES=()
-  if [[ -d safe ]] ; then
-    mapfile -d '' ENV_FILES < <(find ./safe -iname "*.env" -print0 2> /dev/null)
-    if [ ${#ENV_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-      return 0
-    fi
-  fi
-  return 1
-}
-
 add_to_env_history(){
   local PASSWORD_="${1:-}"
   local CONTAINER_HASH_="${2:-}"
diff --git a/installer.sh b/installer.sh
index fc9d7abd..d195deda 100755
--- a/installer.sh
+++ b/installer.sh
@@ -85,12 +85,28 @@ write_env(){
   local SUPER_USER="superuser"
   local RANDOM_PW=""
   local DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=""
+  local ENV_FILES=()
+  local LAST_PW_HASH=""
+  local CHECK_PW=""
   
-  if check_safe; then
-    echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Using old env file""$NC"
-    DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="$(grep "SECRET_KEY=" "$(find ./safe -name "*.env" | head -1)" | sed -e "s/^SECRET_KEY=//" )"
-    RANDOM_PW="$(grep "DATABASE_PASSWORD=" "$(find ./safe -name "*.env" | head -1)" | sed -e "s/^DATABASE_PASSWORD=//" )"
-  else
+  if [[ -d safe ]]; then
+    mapfile -d '' ENV_FILES < <(find ./safe -iname "*.env" -print0 2> /dev/null)
+    if [[ ${#ENV_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]] && [[ -f safe/history.env ]]; then
+      echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Using old env file""$NC"
+      # check which env file was the last one where $(echo "$PASSWORD_" | sha256sum) matches the first line and entry
+      LAST_PW_HASH="$(grep -v "$(echo "" | sha256sum)" safe/history.env | tail -n 1 | cut -d";" -f1)"
+      for FILE_ in "${ENV_FILES[@]}"; do
+        CHECK_PW="$(grep "DATABASE_PASSWORD=" "${FILE_}" | sed -e "s/^DATABASE_PASSWORD=//" )"
+        if [[ "${LAST_PW_HASH}" == "$(echo "${CHECK_PW}" | sha256sum)" ]]; then
+          RANDOM_PW="${CHECK_PW}"
+          DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="$(grep "SECRET_KEY=" "${FILE_}" | sed -e "s/^SECRET_KEY=//" )"
+          break
+        fi
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z ${DJANGO_SECRET_KEY} ]] || [[ -z ${DJANGO_SECRET_KEY} ]]; then
     echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Did not find safed passwords""$NC"
     DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=$(python3.10 -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())')
     RANDOM_PW=$(openssl rand -base64 12)
@@ -125,11 +141,10 @@ install_emba(){
   sudo -u "${SUDO_USER:-${USER}}" git submodule update --remote
   sudo -u "${SUDO_USER:-${USER}}" git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD"/emba
   cd emba
-  ./installer.sh -d | tee install.log || ( echo "Could not install EMBA" && exit 1 )
+  ./installer.sh -d || ( echo "Could not install EMBA" && exit 1 )
   cd ..
   if ! (cd emba && ./emba -d 1); then
     echo -e "\n$RED""$BOLD""EMBA installation failed""$NC"
-    tail emba/install.log
     exit 1
   fi
   chown -R "${SUDO_USER:-${USER}}" emba
@@ -456,6 +471,9 @@ uninstall (){
   if [[ -d ./.venv ]]; then
     rm -Rvf ./.venv
   fi
+  if [[ -d ./logs ]]; then
+    rm -Rvf ./logs
+  fi
   if [[ "$REFORCE" -eq 0 ]]; then
     # user-files
     if [[ -d ./emba_logs ]]; then
@@ -475,11 +493,21 @@ uninstall (){
 
   # delete user www-embark and reset visudo
   echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Delete user""$NC"
-  # sed -i 's/www\-embark\ ALL\=\(ALL\)\ NOPASSWD\:\ \/app\/emba\/emba//g' /etc/sudoers #TODO doesnt work yet
+  
   if id -u www-embark &>/dev/null ; then
     userdel www-embark
   fi
 
+  # remove all emba/embark NOPASSWD entries into sudoer file
+  if grep -qE "NOPASSWD\:.*\/emba\/emba" /etc/sudoers ; then
+    echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Deleting EMBA NOPASSWD entries""$NC"
+    sed -i '/NOPASSWD\:.*\/emba\/emba/d' /etc/sudoers
+  fi
+  if grep -qE "NOPASSWD\:.*\/bin\/pkill" /etc/sudoers ; then
+    echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Deleting pkill NOPASSWD entries""$NC"
+    sed -i '/NOPASSWD\:.*\/bin\/pkill/d' /etc/sudoers
+  fi
+
   # delete .env
   echo -e "$ORANGE""$BOLD""Delete env""$NC"
   if [[ -f ./.env ]]; then
@@ -497,9 +525,6 @@ uninstall (){
 
   # delete/uninstall submodules
   # emba
-  if [ -f ./emba/install.log ]; then
-    rm ./emba/install.log
-  fi
   if [[ -d ./emba/external ]]; then
     rm -r ./emba/external/
   fi