diff --git a/sbapp/sideband/core.py b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
index e7225fb..0a70a20 100644
--- a/sbapp/sideband/core.py
+++ b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
@@ -2408,6 +2408,7 @@ class SidebandCore():
             while True:
                 time.sleep(SidebandCore.SERVICE_JOB_INTERVAL)
                 now = time.time()
+                needs_if_change_announce = False
 
                 try:
                     if hasattr(self, "interface_local"):
@@ -2417,6 +2418,8 @@ class SidebandCore():
                                 self.owner_service.take_locks(force_multicast=True)
                                 self.interface_local.carrier_changed = False
                                 last_multicast_lock_check = now
+                                needs_if_change_announce = True
+                                self.last_if_change_announce = 0
 
                         if (self.interface_local != None and len(self.interface_local.adopted_interfaces) == 0) or (self.config["connect_local"] and self.interface_local == None):
                             if not self.interface_local_adding:
@@ -2428,6 +2431,9 @@ class SidebandCore():
                                 self.interface_local_adding = True
                                 def job():
                                     self.__add_localinterface(delay=60)
+                                    if self.config["start_announce"] == True:
+                                        time.sleep(12)
+                                        self.lxmf_announce(attached_interface=self.interface_local)
                                 threading.Thread(target=job, daemon=True).start()
 
                     if (now - last_multicast_lock_check > 120):
@@ -2448,8 +2454,6 @@ class SidebandCore():
                 # renamed to "auto_announce", which is its current
                 # meaning.
                 if self.config["start_announce"] == True:
-                    needs_if_change_announce = False
-
                     if hasattr(self, "interface_local") and self.interface_local != None:
                         have_peers = len(self.interface_local.peers) > 0