diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 72f9fa8..060d4b5 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.4
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2.4.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ufbt/bootstrap.py b/ufbt/bootstrap.py
index c8d151e..4188ef1 100644
--- a/ufbt/bootstrap.py
+++ b/ufbt/bootstrap.py
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ def _func(self, args) -> int:
         else:
             if current_task.mode:
                 task_to_deploy = current_task
+            # No previous state, use default hw target
+            if not task_to_deploy.hw_target:
+                task_to_deploy.hw_target = SdkDeployTask.DEFAULT_HW_TARGET
             else:
                 log.warn("No previous SDK state was found, fetching latest release")
                 task_to_deploy = SdkDeployTask.default()