diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index c48544f..48cc940 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ def edit_wpa_sup(country, ssid, pwd):
     wpa_lines = wpa_lines[0:3]
     print(wpa_lines)
     
+    # create new file from scratch
+    wpa_lines = []
+    wpa_lines.append('ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev')
+    wpa_lines.append('update_config=1')
+    wpa_lines.append('country={}\n'.format(country)')
+
+    
     wpa_lines.append('\n')
     wpa_lines.append('network={\n')
     wpa_lines.append('\tssid="{}"\n'.format(ssid))