diff --git a/mini-beieli-node.ino b/mini-beieli-node.ino
index 88bb56c..a32bc6c 100644
--- a/mini-beieli-node.ino
+++ b/mini-beieli-node.ino
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ void StartNewIteration() {
     gCatena.SafePrintf("LMIC.seqnoUp: %d, LMIC.seqnoDn: %d\n",LMIC.seqnoUp, LMIC.seqnoDn);
   }
 
-  if (!fUsbPower) {
+  if (!fUsbPower && !stop_iterations)  {
     DoDeepSleep(sleep_time_sec);
     if (! stop_iterations) {
       start_new_iteration = true;