diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/lib/alerts_offroad.json b/selfdrive/controls/lib/alerts_offroad.json
index 4affe0cfe3..aa54f582f6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/controls/lib/alerts_offroad.json
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/lib/alerts_offroad.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "severity": 1
   },
   "Offroad_StorageMissing": {
-    "text": "Storage drive not mounted.",
+    "text": "NVMe drive not mounted.",
     "severity": 1
   },
   "Offroad_CarUnrecognized": {
diff --git a/selfdrive/thermald/thermald.py b/selfdrive/thermald/thermald.py
index 0b90eef72d..6cbb8ee89d 100755
--- a/selfdrive/thermald/thermald.py
+++ b/selfdrive/thermald/thermald.py
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ def thermald_thread(end_event, hw_queue):
     set_offroad_alert_if_changed("Offroad_TemperatureTooHigh", (not onroad_conditions["device_temp_good"]))
 
     if TICI:
-      set_offroad_alert_if_changed("Offroad_StorageMissing", (not Path("/data/media").is_mount()))
+      missing = (not Path("/data/media").is_mount()) and (not os.path.isfile("/persist/comma/living-in-the-moment"))
+      set_offroad_alert_if_changed("Offroad_StorageMissing", missing)
 
     # Handle offroad/onroad transition
     should_start = all(onroad_conditions.values())
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/reset.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/reset.cc
index aa000f9359..9ffcf7f6cf 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/reset.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/reset.cc
@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@
 #include "selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/reset.h"
 
 #define NVME "/dev/nvme0n1"
-#define SDCARD "/dev/mmcblk0"
 #define USERDATA "/dev/disk/by-partlabel/userdata"
 
 void Reset::doReset() {
   // best effort to wipe nvme and sd card
   std::system("sudo umount " NVME);
   std::system("yes | sudo mkfs.ext4 " NVME);
-  std::system("sudo umount " SDCARD);
-  std::system("yes | sudo mkfs.ext4 " SDCARD);
 
   // we handle two cases here
   //  * user-prompted factory reset