diff --git a/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp b/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
index 6e4d989..e7d9081 100644
--- a/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
+++ b/UpdatePTUDevCtrl/worker.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@ void Worker::privateUpdate() {
     //
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     if ((continueUpdate = customerEnvironment()) == false) {
+        // even if something goes wrong creating the environment, try to execute
+        // opkg_commands
+        if (QDir(m_customerRepository).exists()) {
+            // always execute contents of opkg_commands-file
+            m_filesToUpdate.clear();
+            m_filesToUpdate << "etc/psa_update/opkg_commands";
+            execOpkgCommands();
+        }
         return;
     }
     m_versionInfo = m_gc.gitShowReason(m_branchName);
@@ -470,6 +478,14 @@ void Worker::privateUpdate() {
     //
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     if ((continueUpdate = filesToUpdate()) == false) {
+        // even if something goes wrong in filesToUpdate, try to execute
+        // opkg_commands
+        if (QDir(m_customerRepository).exists()) {
+            // always execute contents of opkg_commands-file
+            m_filesToUpdate.clear();
+            m_filesToUpdate << "etc/psa_update/opkg_commands";
+            execOpkgCommands();
+        }
         return;
     }
     m_versionInfo = m_gc.gitShowReason(m_branchName);
@@ -483,6 +499,14 @@ void Worker::privateUpdate() {
     //
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     if ((continueUpdate = syncCustomerRepositoryAndFS()) == false) {
+        // even if something goes wrong with rsync, try to execute
+        // opkg_commands
+        if (QDir(m_customerRepository).exists()) {
+            // always execute contents of opkg_commands-file
+            m_filesToUpdate.clear();
+            m_filesToUpdate << "etc/psa_update/opkg_commands";
+            execOpkgCommands();
+        }
         return;
     }
     lst = QStringList(QString(smap[UPDATE_STEP::SYNC_CUSTOMER_REPOSITORY_SUCCESS]));