diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/init/rc.board_defaults b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/init/rc.board_defaults
index 9adff92894..fa014c6b48 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/init/rc.board_defaults
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/init/rc.board_defaults
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 # board specific defaults
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# transision from params file to flash-based params (2022-08)
+if [ -f $PARAM_FILE ]
+then
+	param load $PARAM_FILE
+	param save
+	# create a backup
+	mv $PARAM_FILE ${PARAM_FILE}.bak
+	reboot
+fi
+
 param set-default BAT1_V_DIV 11.2
 param set-default BAT1_A_PER_V 59.5
 
diff --git a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
index 808ba7d947..01dd49ccb1 100644
--- a/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
+++ b/boards/holybro/kakuteh7/src/board_config.h
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@
 
 #define BOARD_ENABLE_CONSOLE_BUFFER
 
-// not working on h7 yet, due to ECC
-//#define FLASH_BASED_PARAMS
+#define FLASH_BASED_PARAMS
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS