diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
index 482d609..f0ddc39 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from flask import Blueprint, redirect, flash
 from auth import require_level
-from config_utils import queued_msg, CONFIGS_DIR
+from config_utils import CONFIGS_DIR
 
 _PAGE = Path(__file__).parent.name
 
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ def regenerate():
     except OSError as ex:
         flash(f'Could not delete .radius-secret: {ex}', 'error')
         return redirect(f'/{_PAGE}')
-    flash(queued_msg('core apply', action_label='Secret deleted - new secret will be generated on next apply'), 'success')
+    flash('Secret deleted. A new secret will be generated when the pending command is applied.', 'success')
     return redirect(f'/{_PAGE}')
diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/view_page.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/view_page.py
index 5ab596d..d031dce 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/view_page.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/view_page.py
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ def collect_tokens():
     try:
         tokens['RADIUS_SECRET'] = open(f'{CONFIGS_DIR}/.radius-secret').read().strip()
     except OSError:
-        tokens['RADIUS_SECRET'] = '(not yet generated - run core apply)'
+        tokens['RADIUS_SECRET'] = '(Generation is pending - visit Actions to apply generation command)'
     tokens['STAT_BANNED_IP_COUNT'] = str(sum(1 for b in cfg.get('banned_ips',  []) if b.get('enabled', True)))
     tokens['STAT_BLOCKLIST_COUNT'] = str(len(cfg.get('dns_blocking', {}).get('blocklists', [])))
     tokens['BLOCKLIST_STATS_HTML'] = _blocklist_stats_html(cfg)
@@ -1121,6 +1121,10 @@ def serve_view(page_name):
 
     tokens = collect_tokens()
 
+    if page_name == 'radius' and not os.path.exists(f'{CONFIGS_DIR}/.radius-secret'):
+        from config_utils import queue_command
+        queue_command('gen radius')
+
     flash_html = ''
     for category, message in get_flashed_messages(with_categories=True):
         variant = {'error': 'danger', 'warning': 'warning', 'success': 'success'}.get(category, 'info')