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}"
diff --git a/transfer.sh b/transfer.sh
index 3cd45727788ec270d7227579cc0913dbe64c2f7b..ab40b40fb62a1ec398d2e6c1d2f91e27c43b4c1a 100755
--- a/transfer.sh
+++ b/transfer.sh
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function setAction(){
   fi
 
   # set defaults for prune and verify
-  echo ">>> Detect default behaviuor:"
+  echo ">>> Detect default behaviour:"
   setAction "prune"  $lastprunefile;  doPrune=$doValue
   setAction "verify" $lastverifyfile; doVerify=$doValue
   echo