unfortunatly there is no way to fix that problem with it. all you can do is return or exchange it for another one, however i will tell you that what is happening is a reoccurring problem. its happened to me 2 times now, and my friend joe had one that did the same thing. all i can say is that we should start sending complaint letters to air hogs about this because for 40 bucks you would expect to get something that will last for awhile. im on my 3rd mini storm launcher now and if it happens again im returning it and getting a jetscream. good luck, chris