diff --git a/WiFiManager.cpp b/WiFiManager.cpp
index 0853000..2a71921 100644
--- a/WiFiManager.cpp
+++ b/WiFiManager.cpp
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ boolean  WiFiManager::startConfigPortal(char const *apName, char const *apPasswo
   // HANDLE issues with STA connections, shutdown sta if not connected, or else this will hang channel scanning and softap will not respond
   if(_disableSTA || (!WiFi.isConnected() && _disableSTAConn)){
     // this fixes most ap problems, however, simply doing mode(WIFI_AP) does not work if sta connection is hanging, must `wifi_station_disconnect` 
+    WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
     WiFi_Disconnect();
     WiFi_enableSTA(false);
     #ifdef WM_DEBUG_LEVEL
@@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ boolean  WiFiManager::startConfigPortal(char const *apName, char const *apPasswo
     #endif
   }
   else {
-    WiFi_enableSTA(true);
+    // WiFi_enableSTA(true);
   }
 
   // init configportal globals to known states