diff --git a/source/_components/zha.markdown b/source/_components/zha.markdown
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--- a/source/_components/zha.markdown
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@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ In case you want to add Philips Hue bulbs that have previously been added to ano
 ## {% linkable_title ZHA Start up issue with Home-Assistant Docker/Hass.io installs on linux hosts %}
 
 On Linux hosts ZHA can fail to start during HA startup or restarts because the zigbee USB device is being claimed by the host's modemmanager service. To fix this disable the modemmanger on the host system.
+
+To remove modemmanager from an Debian/Ubuntu host run this command:
+```
+sudo apt-get purge modemmanager
+```