diff --git a/stmhal/fatfs/src/ff.c b/stmhal/fatfs/src/ff.c
index 5b0ba240c6..b7d8d27c4d 100644
--- a/stmhal/fatfs/src/ff.c
+++ b/stmhal/fatfs/src/ff.c
@@ -3793,6 +3793,7 @@ FRESULT f_setlabel (
 
 	/* Create a volume label in directory form */
 	vn[0] = 0;
+        if (label[0] == '/') label++;
 	for (sl = 0; label[sl]; sl++) ;				/* Get name length */
 	for ( ; sl && label[sl-1] == ' '; sl--) ;	/* Remove trailing spaces */
 	if (sl) {	/* Create volume label in directory form */
diff --git a/stmhal/ffconf.h b/stmhal/ffconf.h
index 4e01423ef8..0e5dcfa895 100644
--- a/stmhal/ffconf.h
+++ b/stmhal/ffconf.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 /* To enable fast seek feature, set _USE_FASTSEEK to 1. */
 
 
-#define _USE_LABEL		0	/* 0:Disable or 1:Enable */
+#define _USE_LABEL		1	/* 0:Disable or 1:Enable */
 /* To enable volume label functions, set _USE_LAVEL to 1 */
 
 
diff --git a/stmhal/main.c b/stmhal/main.c
index 05b097b7b3..84ce6353a4 100644
--- a/stmhal/main.c
+++ b/stmhal/main.c
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ soft_reset:
                 __fatal_error("could not create LFS");
             }
 
+            // set label
+            f_setlabel("/flash/pybflash");
+
             // create empty main.py
             FIL fp;
             f_open(&fp, "/flash/main.py", FA_WRITE | FA_CREATE_ALWAYS);