diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/InstallKey.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/InstallKey.php
index 467a90322..7f08e760d 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/InstallKey.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/InstallKey.php
@@ -47,33 +47,38 @@ class KeyInstaller
 
     public function installKey($keyUrl = null): string
     {
-        $url = unscript($keyUrl ?? _var($_GET, 'url'));
-        $host = parse_url($url)['host'] ?? '';
+        try {
+            $url = unscript($keyUrl ?? _var($_GET, 'url'));
+            $host = parse_url($url)['host'] ?? '';
 
-        if (!function_exists('_')) {
-            function _($text) {return $text;}
-        }
+            if (!function_exists('_')) {
+                function _($text) {return $text;}
+            }
 
-        if ($host && in_array($host, ['keys.lime-technology.com', 'lime-technology.com'])) {
-            $keyFile = basename($url);
-            exec("/usr/bin/wget -q -O " . escapeshellarg("/boot/config/$keyFile") . " " . escapeshellarg($url), $output, $returnVar);
+            if ($host && in_array($host, ['keys.lime-technology.com', 'lime-technology.com'])) {
+                $keyFile = basename($url);
+                exec("/usr/bin/wget -q -O " . escapeshellarg("/boot/config/$keyFile") . " " . escapeshellarg($url), $output, $returnVar);
 
-            if ($returnVar === 0) {
-                $var = (array)@parse_ini_file('/var/local/emhttp/var.ini');
-                if (_var($var, 'mdState') == "STARTED") {
-                    return $this->responseComplete(200, [
-                        'status' => 'success',
-                        'message' => _('Please Stop array to complete key installation'),
-                    ]);
+                if ($returnVar === 0) {
+                    exec("emcmd \"checkRegistration=Apply\"");
+                    $var = (array)@parse_ini_file('/var/local/emhttp/var.ini');
+                    if (_var($var, 'mdState') == "STARTED") {
+                        return $this->responseComplete(200, [
+                            'status' => 'success',
+                            'message' => _('Please Stop array to complete key installation'),
+                        ]);
+                    } else {
+                        return $this->responseComplete(200, ['status' => 'success']);
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    return $this->responseComplete(200, ['status' => 'success']);
+                    @unlink(escapeshellarg("/boot/config/$keyFile"));
+                    return $this->responseComplete(406, ['error' => _('download error') . " $returnVar"]);
                 }
             } else {
-                @unlink(escapeshellarg("/boot/config/$keyFile"));
-                return $this->responseComplete(406, ['error' => _('download error') . " $returnVar"]);
+                return $this->responseComplete(406, ['error' => _('bad or missing key file') . ": $url"]);
             }
-        } else {
-            return $this->responseComplete(406, ['error' => _('bad or missing key file') . ": $url"]);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            return $this->responseComplete(500, ['error' => _('installation failed') . ": " . $e->getMessage()]);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/install_key b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/install_key
index 74b6c156f..b8c0e8534 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/install_key
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/install_key
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ if (in_array($host,['keys.lime-technology.com','lime-technology.com'])) {
   write("Downloading $keyfile ...\n");
   exec("/usr/bin/wget -q -O ".escapeshellarg("/boot/config/$key_file")." ".escapeshellarg($url), $output, $return_var);
   if ($return_var === 0) {
+    exec("emcmd \"checkRegistration=Apply\"");
     if (parse_ini_file('/var/local/emhttp/var.ini')['mdState'] == 'STARTED') {
       write("Installing ... Please Stop array to complete key installation.\n");
     } else {