diff --git a/src/LogMessages_DE.cpp b/src/LogMessages_DE.cpp
index 31d75c9a..358e377c 100644
--- a/src/LogMessages_DE.cpp
+++ b/src/LogMessages_DE.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ const char ftpServerStarted[] = "FTP-Server gestartet";
 const char freeHeapAfterSetup[] = "Freier Heap-Speicher nach Setup-Routine";
 const char tryStaticIpConfig[] = "Statische IP-Konfiguration wird durchgeführt...";
 const char staticIPConfigFailed[] = "Statische IP-Konfiguration fehlgeschlagen";
-const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "ESP32 wurde vom Kartenleser aus dem Deepsleep aufgeweckt. Allerdings wurde keine Karte gefunden. Gehe zurück in den Deepsleep...";
+const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "ESP32 wurde vom Kartenleser aus dem Deepsleep aufgeweckt. Allerdings wurde keine bekannte Karte gefunden. Gehe zurück in den Deepsleep...";
 const char lowPowerCardSuccess[] = "Kartenerkennung via 'low power' erfolgreich durchgeführt";
 const char rememberLastVolume[] = "Lautstärke vor dem letzten Shutdown wird wiederhergestellt. Dies überschreibt die Einstellung der initialen Lautstärke aus der GUI.";
 const char unableToStartFtpServer[] = "Der FTP-Server konnte nicht gestartet werden. Entweder weil er ist bereits gestartet oder kein WLAN verfügbar ist.";
diff --git a/src/LogMessages_EN.cpp b/src/LogMessages_EN.cpp
index 048cafdc..07a9fcfb 100644
--- a/src/LogMessages_EN.cpp
+++ b/src/LogMessages_EN.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ const char freeHeapAfterSetup[] = "Free heap after setup";
 const char ftpServerStarted[] = "FTP-Server started";
 const char tryStaticIpConfig[] = "Performing IP-configuration...";
 const char staticIPConfigFailed[] = "IP-configuration failed";
-const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "Wakeup caused by low power card-detection. RF-field changed but no card on reader was found. So I'll return back to sleep now...";
+const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "Wakeup caused by low power card-detection. RF-field changed but no known card on reader was found. So I'll return back to sleep now...";
 const char lowPowerCardSuccess[] = "Switch to low power card-detection: success";
 const char rememberLastVolume[] = "Restored volume used before last shutdown. This overwrites the initial volume configured via webgui.";
 const char unableToStartFtpServer[] = "FTP-server cannot be started. This is because FTP-service is already active or because WiFi is unavailable.";
diff --git a/src/LogMessages_FR.cpp b/src/LogMessages_FR.cpp
index 5417cd41..5ae1a8f2 100644
--- a/src/LogMessages_FR.cpp
+++ b/src/LogMessages_FR.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const char freeHeapAfterSetup[] = "Espace libre après la configuration";
 const char ftpServerStarted[] = "Serveur FTP démarré";
 const char tryStaticIpConfig[] = "Configuration IP statique en cours...";
 const char staticIPConfigFailed[] = "Échec de la configuration IP statique";
-const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "Réveil causé par la détection de carte à faible puissance. Le champ RF a changé mais aucune carte sur le lecteur n'a été trouvée. Je vais donc retourner en mode veille maintenant...";
+const char wakeUpRfidNoCard[] = "Réveil causé par la détection de carte à faible puissance. Le champ RF a changé mais aucune carte connu sur le lecteur n'a été trouvée. Je vais donc retourner en mode veille maintenant...";
 const char lowPowerCardSuccess[] = "Passage à la détection de carte à faible puissance : réussite";
 const char rememberLastVolume[] = "Volume utilisé avant le dernier arrêt restauré. Cela écrase le volume initial configuré via l'interface Web.";
 const char unableToStartFtpServer[] = "Le serveur FTP ne peut pas être démarré. Cela est dû au fait que le service FTP est déjà actif ou parce que le WiFi est indisponible.";
diff --git a/src/RfidPn5180.cpp b/src/RfidPn5180.cpp
index 59d5c71e..8fde991c 100644
--- a/src/RfidPn5180.cpp
+++ b/src/RfidPn5180.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void Rfid_EnableLpcd(void) {
 	#endif
 }
 
-// wake up from LPCD, check card is present. This works only for ISO-14443 compatible cards
+// wake up from LPCD, check card is present in NVS
 void Rfid_WakeupCheck(void) {
 	#ifdef PN5180_ENABLE_LPCD
 	// disable pin hold from deep sleep
@@ -387,36 +387,63 @@ void Rfid_WakeupCheck(void) {
 		#if (RFID_IRQ >= 0 && RFID_IRQ <= MAX_GPIO)
 	pinMode(RFID_IRQ, INPUT);
 		#endif
+
+	// read card serial to check NVS for entries
+	uint8_t uid[10];
+	bool isCardPresent;
+	bool cardInNVS = false;
+
 	static PN5180ISO14443 nfc14443(RFID_CS, RFID_BUSY, RFID_RST);
 	nfc14443.begin();
 	nfc14443.reset();
 	// enable RF field
 	nfc14443.setupRF();
-	// 1.check for ISO-14443 card present
-	bool isCardPresent = nfc14443.isCardPresent();
+
+	// 1. check for ISO-14443 card present
+	isCardPresent = nfc14443.readCardSerial(uid) >= 4;
+
+	// 2. check for ISO-15693 card present
 	if (!isCardPresent) {
-		// 2.check for ISO-15693 card present
 		static PN5180ISO15693 nfc15693(RFID_CS, RFID_BUSY, RFID_RST);
 		nfc15693.begin();
 		nfc15693.setupRF();
-		uint8_t uid[10];
+		// do not handle encrypted cards in any way here
 		isCardPresent = nfc15693.getInventory(uid) == ISO15693_EC_OK;
 	}
-	if (!isCardPresent) {
-		// no card found, go back to deep sleep
+
+	// check for card id in NVS
+	if (isCardPresent) {
+		// uint8_t[10] -> char[cardIdStringSize]
+		char tagId[cardIdStringSize];
+		size_t pos = 0;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+			pos += snprintf(tagId + pos, cardIdStringSize - pos, "%03d", uid[i]);
+		}
+		tagId[cardIdStringSize - 1] = '\0';
+
+		// Try to lookup tagId in NVS
+		if (gPrefsRfid.isKey(tagId)) {
+			cardInNVS = gPrefsRfid.getString(tagId, "-1").compareTo("-1");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!cardInNVS) {
+		// no card found or card not in NVS, go back to deep sleep
 		nfc14443.reset();
 		uint16_t wakeupCounterInMs = 0x3FF; //  needs to be in the range of 0x0 - 0xA82. max wake-up time is 2960 ms.
 		if (nfc14443.switchToLPCD(wakeupCounterInMs)) {
 			Log_Println(lowPowerCardSuccess, LOGLEVEL_INFO);
-		// configure wakeup pin for deep-sleep wake-up, use ext1
-		#if (RFID_IRQ >= 0 && RFID_IRQ <= MAX_GPIO)
-			// configure wakeup pin for deep-sleep wake-up, use ext1. For a real GPIO only, not PE
-			esp_sleep_enable_ext1_wakeup((1ULL << (RFID_IRQ)), ESP_EXT1_WAKEUP_ALL_LOW);
-		#endif
-		#if (defined(PORT_EXPANDER_ENABLE) && (RFID_IRQ > 99))
-			// reset IRQ state on port-expander
-			Port_Exit();
-		#endif
+
+			// configure wakeup pin for deep-sleep wake-up, use ext1
+			#if (RFID_IRQ >= 0 && RFID_IRQ <= MAX_GPIO)
+				// configure wakeup pin for deep-sleep wake-up, use ext1. For a real GPIO only, not PE
+				esp_sleep_enable_ext1_wakeup((1ULL << (RFID_IRQ)), ESP_EXT1_WAKEUP_ALL_LOW);
+			#endif
+			#if (defined(PORT_EXPANDER_ENABLE) && (RFID_IRQ > 99))
+				// reset IRQ state on port-expander
+				Port_Exit();
+			#endif
+
 			// freeze pin states in deep sleep
 			gpio_hold_en(gpio_num_t(RFID_CS)); // CS/NSS
 			gpio_hold_en(gpio_num_t(RFID_RST)); // RST
diff --git a/src/System.cpp b/src/System.cpp
index 66393e47..bf21463f 100644
--- a/src/System.cpp
+++ b/src/System.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,19 @@ volatile uint8_t System_OperationMode;
 void System_SleepHandler(void);
 void System_DeepSleepManager(void);
 
+// Init only NVS required for LPCD
+void System_Init_LPCD(void) {
+	#ifdef PN5180_ENABLE_LPCD
+		gPrefsRfid.begin(prefsRfidNamespace);
+	#endif
+}
+
 void System_Init(void) {
 	srand(esp_random());
 
-	gPrefsRfid.begin(prefsRfidNamespace);
+	#ifndef PN5180_ENABLE_LPCD
+		gPrefsRfid.begin(prefsRfidNamespace);
+	#endif
 	gPrefsSettings.begin(prefsSettingsNamespace);
 
 	// Get maximum inactivity-time from NVS
diff --git a/src/System.h b/src/System.h
index 25acb102..be9f1952 100644
--- a/src/System.h
+++ b/src/System.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern Preferences gPrefsRfid;
 extern Preferences gPrefsSettings;
 extern TaskHandle_t AudioTaskHandle;
 
+void System_Init_LPCD(void);
 void System_Init(void);
 void System_Cyclic(void);
 void System_UpdateActivityTimer(void);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8f6e170c..6d5152dc 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ void setup() {
 
 	// Make sure all wakeups can be enabled *before* initializing RFID, which can enter sleep immediately
 	Button_Init(); // To preseed internal button-storage with values
+
 #ifdef PN5180_ENABLE_LPCD
+	System_Init_LPCD();
 	Rfid_Init();
 #endif