diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Certificates.php b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Certificates.php
index 9860400c..844e746e 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Certificates.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Certificates.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 				throw $e;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!$has_cert) {
+		if (! $has_cert) {
 			$this->addOrUpdateCertificate($domain['id'], $ssl_cert_file, $ssl_key_file, $ssl_ca_file, $ssl_cert_chainfile, true);
 			$this->logger()->logAction($this->isAdmin() ? \Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::ADM_ACTION : \Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::USR_ACTION, LOG_INFO, "[API] added ssl-certificate for '" . $domain['domain'] . "'");
 			$result = $this->apiCall('Certificates.get', array(
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 	 *        	optional specify offset for resultset
 	 * @param array $sql_orderby
 	 *        	optional array with index = fieldname and value = ASC|DESC to order the resultset by one or more fields
-	 *
+	 *        	
 	 * @access admin, customer
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 * @return string json-encoded array count|list
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 
 		if ($this->isAdmin() == false) {
 			$chk_stmt = Database::prepare("
-				SELECT d.domain FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAINS . "` d
+				SELECT d.domain, d.letsencrypt FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAINS . "` d
 				LEFT JOIN `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAIN_SSL_SETTINGS . "` s ON s.domainid = d.id
 				WHERE s.`id` = :id AND d.`customerid` = :cid
 			");
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 			));
 		} elseif ($this->isAdmin()) {
 			$chk_stmt = Database::prepare("
-				SELECT d.domain FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAINS . "` d
+				SELECT d.domain, d.letsencrypt FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAINS . "` d
 				LEFT JOIN `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAIN_SSL_SETTINGS . "` s ON s.domainid = d.id
 				WHERE s.`id` = :id" . ($this->getUserDetail('customers_see_all') == '0' ? " AND d.`adminid` = :aid" : ""));
 			$params = array(
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 			if ($chk == false && $this->getUserDetail('change_serversettings')) {
 				// check whether it might be the froxlor-vhost certificate
 				$chk_stmt = Database::prepare("
-				SELECT \"" . Settings::Get('system.hostname') . "\" as domain FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAIN_SSL_SETTINGS . "` 
+				SELECT \"" . Settings::Get('system.hostname') . "\" as domain, \"" . Settings::Get('system.le_froxlor_enabled') . "\" as letsencrypt FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_DOMAIN_SSL_SETTINGS . "`
 				WHERE `id` = :id AND `domainid` = '0'");
 				$params = array(
 					'id' => $id
@@ -321,13 +321,16 @@ class Certificates extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resou
 			Database::pexecute($del_stmt, array(
 				'id' => $id
 			));
+			// trigger removing of certificate from acme.sh if let's encrypt
+			if ($chk['letsencrypt'] == '1') {
+				\Froxlor\System\Cronjob::inserttask('12', $chk['domain']);
+			}
 			$this->logger()->logAction($this->isAdmin() ? \Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::ADM_ACTION : \Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::USR_ACTION, LOG_INFO, "[API] removed ssl-certificate for '" . $chk['domain'] . "'");
 			return $this->response(200, "successfull", $result);
 		}
 		throw new \Exception("Unable to determine SSL certificate. Maybe no access?", 406);
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * insert or update certificates entry
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Http/LetsEncrypt/AcmeSh.php b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Http/LetsEncrypt/AcmeSh.php
index 545ad323..eb620603 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Http/LetsEncrypt/AcmeSh.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Http/LetsEncrypt/AcmeSh.php
@@ -243,9 +243,11 @@ class AcmeSh extends \Froxlor\Cron\FroxlorCron
 
 		// customer domains
 		$certrows = $needRenew ? $needRenew['customer_ssl'] : array();
-		$cert_mode = 'issue';
 		foreach ($certrows as $certrow) {
 
+			// initialize mode to 'issue'
+			$cert_mode = 'issue';
+
 			// set logger to corresponding loginname for the log to appear in the users system-log
 			$cronlog = FroxlorLogger::getInstanceOf(array(
 				'loginname' => $certrow['loginname'],