diff --git a/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp b/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
index 2e74058..8611a0a 100644
--- a/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
+++ b/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
@@ -170,13 +170,16 @@ Worker::Worker(int customerNr,
     // TODO: turn object into singleton
     instance = this;
     m_lastFailedUpdateStep = UPDATE_STEP::NONE;
-    m_update = new Update(this,
-                          QDir::cleanPath(m_workingDirectory + QDir::separator() + m_customerNrStr),
-                          m_customerNrStr,
-                          m_branchName,
-                          m_pluginDir,
-                          m_pluginName,
-                          m_workingDirectory);
+
+    if (m_noUpdatePsaHardware == false) {
+        m_update = new Update(this,
+                              QDir::cleanPath(m_workingDirectory + QDir::separator() + m_customerNrStr),
+                              m_customerNrStr,
+                              m_branchName,
+                              m_pluginDir,
+                              m_pluginName,
+                              m_workingDirectory);
+    }
 
     this->setObjectName("worker-object");
     QDir::setCurrent(m_workingDirectory);