diff --git a/initramfs-init b/initramfs-init
index c245a3ac82c7990e0df869c653b57926e50b4e41..99ca23673b24b34f508e1de09ec07ff2f08bcda1 100755
--- a/initramfs-init
+++ b/initramfs-init
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ unpack_apkovl() {
 		return 1
 	fi
 	local count=0
-	echo ""
+	# beep
+	echo -e "\007"
 	while [ $count -lt 3 ]; do
 		openssl enc -d -$suffix -in "$ovl" | tar -C "$dest" -zx \
 			2>/dev/null && return 0