diff --git a/firmware/config/boards/microrusefi/compile_mre_f4_recovery.sh b/firmware/config/boards/microrusefi/compile_mre_f4_recovery.sh
index 5144be586a..cb8469dc59 100644
--- a/firmware/config/boards/microrusefi/compile_mre_f4_recovery.sh
+++ b/firmware/config/boards/microrusefi/compile_mre_f4_recovery.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export PROJECT_BOARD=microrusefi
 export PROJECT_CPU=ARCH_STM32F4
-export EXTRA_PARAMS="-DSHORT_BOARD_NAME=mre_f4"
+export EXTRA_PARAMS="-DSHORT_BOARD_NAME=mre_f4 -DIGNORE_FLASH_CONFIGURATION=TRUE"
 
 # export DEBUG_LEVEL_OPT="-O0 -ggdb -g3"
 
diff --git a/firmware/rusefi.cpp b/firmware/rusefi.cpp
index 9d7de41af4..ec49b22b46 100644
--- a/firmware/rusefi.cpp
+++ b/firmware/rusefi.cpp
@@ -183,11 +183,15 @@ void runRusEfi(void) {
 	initPinRepository();
 
 #if EFI_INTERNAL_FLASH
+ #if IGNORE_FLASH_CONFIGURATION
+	resetConfigurationExt(logger, DEFAULT_ENGINE_TYPE PASS_ENGINE_PARAMETER_SUFFIX);
+ #else
 	/**
 	 * First thing is reading configuration from flash memory.
 	 * In order to have complete flexibility configuration has to go before anything else.
 	 */
 	readConfiguration(&sharedLogger);
+ #endif // IGNORE_FLASH_CONFIGURATION
 #endif /* EFI_INTERNAL_FLASH */
 
 #if HW_CHECK_ALWAYS_STIMULATE