diff --git a/cmd/rv/main.go b/cmd/rv/main.go
index 6becfae3..60bab7c9 100644
--- a/cmd/rv/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rv/main.go
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ func main() {
 		p  *turbidityProbe
 	)
 
+	p, err := NewTurbidityProbe(*log, 60*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Log(logger.Fatal, "could not create new turbidity probe", "error", err.Error())
+	}
+
 	log.Log(logger.Debug, "initialising netsender client")
 	ns, err := netsender.New(log, nil, readPin(p, rv, log), nil, createVarMap())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -158,11 +163,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.Log(logger.Fatal, pkg+"could not initialise revid", "error", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	p, err = NewTurbidityProbe(*log, 60*time.Second)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Log(logger.Fatal, "could not create new turbidity probe", "error", err.Error())
-	}
-
 	err = rv.SetProbe(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Log(logger.Error, pkg+"could not set probe", "error", err.Error())
diff --git a/cmd/rv/probe.go b/cmd/rv/probe.go
index d2cb42fb..d42d8fb0 100644
--- a/cmd/rv/probe.go
+++ b/cmd/rv/probe.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (tp *turbidityProbe) Update(config config.Config) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
-	tp.log.Log(logger.Debug, "not update requried")
+	tp.log.Log(logger.Debug, "no update requried")
 	return nil
 }