From 7fd23932e421b980b7a3827e2434bb3715f20633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank <91616163+softhack007@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:14:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (minor) fix for apChannel reset to 1 instead of 6

spotted by @dedehai in https://github.com/wled/WLED/pull/5332
---
 wled00/cfg.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wled00/cfg.cpp b/wled00/cfg.cpp
index 069b303a..653da685 100644
--- a/wled00/cfg.cpp
+++ b/wled00/cfg.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool deserializeConfig(JsonObject doc, bool fromFS) {
   //int ap_pskl = ap[F("pskl")];
 
   CJSON(apChannel, ap[F("chan")]);
-  if (apChannel > 13 || apChannel < 1) apChannel = 1;
+  if (apChannel > 13 || apChannel < 1) apChannel = 6; // reset to default if invalid
 
   CJSON(apHide, ap[F("hide")]);
   if (apHide > 1) apHide = 1;