diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e03c25..9e58776 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ config.json: config.yaml
 	  --pretty \
 	  < config.yaml > config.json
 
-reset: config.json
-	if ! [[ -f config.json && -s config.json ]]; then \
-	  echo "No config.json" && \
-	  exit 1; \
-	fi; \
+.reset: config.json
+	rm .reset
 	ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r -o ControlPersist=10s -fN akpella && \
 	TEMPDIR=$$(ssh -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r akpella "cd /tmp && mktemp -d") && \
 	scp -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r config.json akpella:$${TEMPDIR} && \
@@ -21,6 +18,10 @@ reset: config.json
 	ssh -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r akpella \
 	  sudo systemctl reboot && \
 	ssh -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r -O exit akpella;
+	touch .reset
+
+reset: .reset
+.PHONY: reset
 
 update:
 	VER=$$(curl -fsSL https://stable.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/current/version.txt | grep FLATCAR_VERSION= | cut -d = -f 2) && \