# Homey SHS restore

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-shs-restore/154984>\
**Category:** Homey Self-Hosted Server\
**Created:** [May 17, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-shs-restore/154984 "2026-05-17T03:13:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Wallis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/matt_wallis/32/125114_2.png) [@Matt\_Wallis](https://community.homey.app/u/Matt_Wallis)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-shs-restore/154984/1 "2026-05-17T03:13:43Z")

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Hi All,

I’m running Homey SHS on RaspberryPi, and it tried to update to V13.1.5, and then got itself into an update loop. I was unable to break the loop so I thought the quickest and easiest solution would be to reimage the RPi and restore my backup of the /Homey-system/ directory. I’m unable to copy the backup onto the new install, I’ve tried stopping homey incase it locks the directory but it restarts itself.

THanks

Matt

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**Author:** ![s73nm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/s73nm/32/110438_2.png) [@s73nm](https://community.homey.app/u/s73nm)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-shs-restore/154984/2 "2026-05-17T06:30:35Z")

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Have you tried restoring the backup onto the SD card before actually placing the SD card back in the Raspberry Pi and booting it?

[https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/23975075444124-How-to-install-Homey-Self-Hosted-Server-on-Raspberry-Pi](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/23975075444124-How-to-install-Homey-Self-Hosted-Server-on-Raspberry-Pi)