diff --git a/config/release/create_installstick b/config/release/create_installstick
index c3d4791a6d..faebd19fd6 100755
--- a/config/release/create_installstick
+++ b/config/release/create_installstick
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ echo "# Please read the instructions and use very carefully.. #"
 echo "#                                                       #"
 echo "#########################################################"
 
+# (TODO) umount anything
+  umount $PART
+
 # remove any partition on your drive
   echo "writing new disklabel on $DISK (remove any partition)..."
+  dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISK bs=4096 count=1024
   parted -s $DISK mklabel msdos
 
 # create one partition