diff --git a/scripts/armhwinfo b/scripts/armhwinfo
index 1d7048d23..b5e303da8 100644
--- a/scripts/armhwinfo
+++ b/scripts/armhwinfo
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ prepare_board() {
 			echo 2 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/usb1/ {print \$1}" </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g')/smp_affinity
 			echo 4 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/usb2/ {print \$1}" </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g')/smp_affinity
 			echo 8 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/sunxi-mmc/ {print \$1}" </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g' | head -n1)/smp_affinity
+			echo 8 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/eth/ {print \$1}" </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g' | head -n1)/smp_affinity
+			echo 7 >/sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
 			;;
 	esac
 } # prepare_board
diff --git a/scripts/update-motd.d/30-sysinfo b/scripts/update-motd.d/30-sysinfo
index bb136a82b..60e6f20c1 100644
--- a/scripts/update-motd.d/30-sysinfo
+++ b/scripts/update-motd.d/30-sysinfo
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ if [ -e "$storage" ]; then
 fi
 
 # read temperature from different locations
-mkdir -p -m775 /etc/armbianmonitor/datasources/
+[ -d /etc/armbianmonitor/datasources ] || mkdir -p -m775 /etc/armbianmonitor/datasources
+read board_temp </sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone1/temp
+ln -fs /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone1/temp /etc/armbianmonitor/datasources/soctemp
 
 # from axp via i2c for some old sunxi
 if [ -d "/sys/devices/platform/sunxi-i2c.0/i2c-0/0-0034/" ]; then