diff --git a/openWrt/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/base-files b/openWrt/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/base-files
index dfca5975..15968a76 100644
--- a/openWrt/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/base-files
+++ b/openWrt/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/base-files
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /etc/config/network.sta
 /etc/config/network.ap
 /etc/config/network
+/etc/samba/smbpasswd
 /etc/shadow
 /etc/dropbear/
 /etc/crontabs/
diff --git a/scripts/migrateConfig.py b/scripts/migrateConfig.py
index 3431784e..4a631269 100755
--- a/scripts/migrateConfig.py
+++ b/scripts/migrateConfig.py
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ def saveConfiguration(path, conf):
 oldConfig = getConfiguration("/weioUserBackup/config.weio")
 newConfig = getConfiguration("/weio/config.weio")
 
+# exceptions
 for parameter in newConfig:
     if (parameter in oldConfig):
-        if not("weio_version" in parameter): # don't take the old version of sw, just migrate personal data
+        if not("weio_version" in parameter) and not("timezone" in parameter): # don't take the old version of sw, just migrate personal data
             newConfig[parameter] = oldConfig[parameter]
 
-saveConfiguration("/weio/config.weio", newConfig)
+saveConfiguration("/weio/config.weio", newConfig)
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