diff --git a/backend/internal/ip_ranges.js b/backend/internal/ip_ranges.js
index 44f85f4b..e6d788ee 100644
--- a/backend/internal/ip_ranges.js
+++ b/backend/internal/ip_ranges.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const internalIpRanges = {
 	iteration_count:     0,
 
 	initTimer: () => {
-		if (process.env.SKIP_IP_RANGES === false) {
+		if (process.env.SKIP_IP_RANGES === 'false') {
 			logger.info('IP Ranges Renewal Timer initialized');
 			internalIpRanges.interval = setInterval(internalIpRanges.fetch, internalIpRanges.interval_timeout);
 		}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const internalIpRanges = {
 	 * Triggered at startup and then later by a timer, this will fetch the ip ranges from services and apply them to nginx.
 	 */
 	fetch: () => {
-		if (!internalIpRanges.interval_processing && process.env.SKIP_IP_RANGES === false) {
+		if (!internalIpRanges.interval_processing && process.env.SKIP_IP_RANGES === 'false') {
 			internalIpRanges.interval_processing = true;
 			logger.info('Fetching IP Ranges from online services...');
 
diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start.sh b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start.sh
index 4ff12f46..3867e273 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start.sh
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start.sh
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ if [ "$FULLCLEAN" = "true" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [ "$SKIP_IP_RANGES" = "true" ]; then
+    rm -vf /data/nginx/ip_ranges.conf
+fi
+
 touch /data/etc/html/index.html \
       /data/nginx/ip_ranges.conf \
       /data/nginx/custom/root.conf \