diff --git a/plugins/transfer/restic.sh b/plugins/transfer/restic.sh
index 663848b4f76611a05cdd2587e0ea4ee12d473a38..9925c420907f3e0548d3ebff4387bf52943aa6a6 100644
--- a/plugins/transfer/restic.sh
+++ b/plugins/transfer/restic.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
         if eval restic snapshots ${ARGS_DEFAULT} >/dev/null 2>&1
         then
             echo "__REPO__ OK, Backup repository already exists."
+
+            echo "--- UNLOCK ... just in case :-)" 
+            echo restic unlock ${ARGS_DEFAULT}
+            color cmd
+            eval restic unlock ${ARGS_DEFAULT}
+            color reset
+            echo
         else
             echo "Backup repository needs to be created."
             local _mycmd="restic init ${ARGS_DEFAULT}"