diff --git a/Home Connect Device/module.php b/Home Connect Device/module.php
index ffac008..ffd1f40 100644
--- a/Home Connect Device/module.php	
+++ b/Home Connect Device/module.php	
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ public function RequestAction($Ident, $Value)
 
     public function InitializeDevice()
     {
+        // Write signature before API calls to prevent retry loops when initialization fails
+        // (e.g. device offline or rate limit hit mid-way through setupSettings)
+        $this->WriteAttributeString('InitializationSignature', $this->getInitializationSignature());
         if ($this->createStates()) {
             $this->setupSettings();
             if ($this->createPrograms()) {
@@ -397,7 +400,6 @@ public function InitializeDevice()
             $this->createEventProfile();
             $this->MaintainVariable('Event', $this->Translate('Event'), VARIABLETYPE_STRING, 'HomeConnect.Event.' . $this->ReadPropertyString('DeviceType'), 0, true);
             $this->MaintainVariable('EventDescription', $this->Translate('Event Description'), VARIABLETYPE_STRING, '', 0, true);
-            $this->WriteAttributeString('InitializationSignature', $this->getInitializationSignature());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/library.json b/library.json
index 390ca79..38e345c 100644
--- a/library.json
+++ b/library.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
         "version": "6.0"
     },
     "version": "1.1",
-    "build": 10,
-    "date": 1779624000
+    "build": 11,
+    "date": 1781870400
 }