diff --git a/tasmota/settings.h b/tasmota/settings.h
index 524a6ac19..c938f0b39 100644
--- a/tasmota/settings.h
+++ b/tasmota/settings.h
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ struct SYSCFG {
   uint8_t       web_color2[2][3];          // EA0 - Needs to be on integer / 3 distance from web_color
   char          cors_domain[33];           // EA6
 
-  uint8_t       free_ec1[293];             // EC1
+  uint8_t       free_ec7[293];             // EC7
 
   uint32_t      i2c_drivers[3];            // FEC I2cDriver
   uint32_t      cfg_timestamp;             // FF8
diff --git a/tasmota/support_statistics.ino b/tasmota/support_statistics.ino
index 3239c5b93..efd94f307 100644
--- a/tasmota/support_statistics.ino
+++ b/tasmota/support_statistics.ino
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ void StatisticsChar(const char* text)
 
 String GetStatistics(void)
 {
+  Stats.str_len = 0;
+  Stats.str_char = 0;
+
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
     StatisticsChar(Settings.sta_ssid[i]);
     StatisticsChar(Settings.sta_pwd[i]);