diff --git a/net/banip/Makefile b/net/banip/Makefile
index 111213b6a..cca5303b2 100644
--- a/net/banip/Makefile
+++ b/net/banip/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=banip
-PKG_VERSION:=0.3.6
+PKG_VERSION:=0.3.7
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
diff --git a/net/banip/files/banip.hotplug b/net/banip/files/banip.hotplug
index 763c07baf..f021fcff0 100644
--- a/net/banip/files/banip.hotplug
+++ b/net/banip/files/banip.hotplug
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
+
+[ "${ACTION}" != "add" ] && exit 0
+
 ban_pidfile="/var/run/banip.pid"
 ban_enabled="$(/etc/init.d/banip enabled; printf "%u" "${?}")"
-
-if [ "${ban_enabled}" = "1" ] || [ ! -f "${ban_pidfile}" ] || [ -s "${ban_pidfile}" ] || [ "${ACTION}" != "add" ]
+if [ "${ban_enabled}" = "0" ] && [ ! -s "${ban_pidfile}" ]
 then
-	exit 0
-else
 	/etc/init.d/banip refresh
 fi
+exit 0
diff --git a/net/banip/files/banip.sh b/net/banip/files/banip.sh
index d4d5638ca..743ea4d74 100755
--- a/net/banip/files/banip.sh
+++ b/net/banip/files/banip.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 LC_ALL=C
 PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
-ban_ver="0.3.6"
+ban_ver="0.3.7"
 ban_basever=""
 ban_enabled=0
 ban_automatic="1"
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ f_iptrule()
 			if { [ "${rc}" -ne 0 ] && { [ "${action}" = "-A" ] || [ "${action}" = "-I" ]; } } || \
 				{ [ "${rc}" -eq 0 ] && [ "${action}" = "-D" ]; }
 			then
-				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" "${action}" ${rule}
+				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" "${action}" ${rule} 2>/dev/null
 			fi
 		fi
 	else
@@ -352,10 +352,15 @@ f_iptrule()
 			if { [ "${rc}" -ne 0 ] && { [ "${action}" = "-A" ] || [ "${action}" = "-I" ]; } } || \
 				{ [ "${rc}" -eq 0 ] && [ "${action}" = "-D" ]; }
 			then
-				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" "${action}" ${rule}
+				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" "${action}" ${rule} 2>/dev/null
 			fi
 		fi
 	fi
+	if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]
+	then
+		> "${tmp_err}"
+		f_log "info" "can't create iptables rule: action: '${action:-"-"}', rule: '${rule:-"-"}'"
+	fi
 }
 
 # remove/add iptables rules
@@ -455,7 +460,8 @@ f_ipset()
 		"initial")
 			if [ -x "${ban_ipt}" ] && [ -z "$("${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -nL "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null)" ]
 			then
-				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -N "${ban_chain}"
+				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -N "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
+				out_rc="${?}"
 			elif [ -x "${ban_ipt}" ]
 			then
 				src_name="ruleset"
@@ -467,7 +473,8 @@ f_ipset()
 			fi
 			if [ -x "${ban_ipt6}" ] && [ -z "$("${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -nL "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null)" ]
 			then
-				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -N "${ban_chain}"
+				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -N "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
+				out_rc="${?}"
 			elif [ -x "${ban_ipt6}" ]
 			then
 				src_name="ruleset_6"
@@ -477,7 +484,9 @@ f_ipset()
 					f_iptrule "-D" "${rule} -j ${ban_chain}"
 				done
 			fi
-			f_log "debug" "f_ipset ::: name: -, mode: ${mode:-"-"}, chain: ${ban_chain:-"-"}, ruleset: ${ruleset:-"-"}, ruleset_6: ${ruleset_6:-"-"}"
+			out_rc="${out_rc:-"${in_rc}"}"
+			f_log "debug" "f_ipset ::: name: -, mode: ${mode:-"-"}, chain: ${ban_chain:-"-"}, ruleset: ${ruleset:-"-"}, ruleset_6: ${ruleset_6:-"-"}, out_rc: ${out_rc}"
+			return "${out_rc}"
 		;;
 		"create")
 			if [ -x "${ban_ipset}" ]
@@ -508,6 +517,7 @@ f_ipset()
 			end_ts="$(date +%s)"
 			out_rc="${out_rc:-"${in_rc}"}"
 			f_log "debug" "f_ipset ::: name: ${src_name:-"-"}, mode: ${mode:-"-"}, settype: ${src_settype:-"-"}, setipv: ${src_setipv:-"-"}, ruletype: ${src_ruletype:-"-"}, count(sum/ip/cidr): ${cnt}/${cnt_ip}/${cnt_cidr}, time: $((end_ts-start_ts)), out_rc: ${out_rc}"
+			return "${out_rc}"
 		;;
 		"refresh")
 			if [ -x "${ban_ipset}" ] && [ -n "$("${ban_ipset}" -q -n list "${src_name}")" ]
@@ -543,15 +553,15 @@ f_ipset()
 				[ -n "$("${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -nL "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null)" ]
 			then
 				"${ban_ipt_save}" | grep -v -- "-j ${ban_chain}" | "${ban_ipt_restore}"
-				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -F "${ban_chain}"
-				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -X "${ban_chain}"
+				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -F "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
+				"${ban_ipt}" "${timeout}" -X "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
 			fi
 			if [ -x "${ban_ipt6}" ] && [ -x "${ban_ipt6_save}" ] && [ -x "${ban_ipt6_restore}" ] && \
 				[ -n "$("${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -nL "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null)" ]
 			then
 				"${ban_ipt6_save}" | grep -v -- "-j ${ban_chain}" | "${ban_ipt6_restore}"
-				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -F "${ban_chain}"
-				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -X "${ban_chain}"
+				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -F "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
+				"${ban_ipt6}" "${timeout}" -X "${ban_chain}" 2>/dev/null
 			fi
 			for source in ${ban_sources}
 			do
@@ -622,9 +632,16 @@ f_main()
 	mem_free="$(awk '/^MemFree/ {print int($2/1000)}' "/proc/meminfo" 2>/dev/null)"
 	f_log "debug" "f_main  ::: fetch_util: ${ban_fetchutil:-"-"}, fetch_parm: ${ban_fetchparm:-"-"}, ssh_daemon: ${ban_sshdaemon}, interface(s): ${ban_iface:-"-"}, device(s): ${ban_dev:-"-"}, all_devices: ${ban_dev_all:-"-"}, backup_dir: ${ban_backupdir:-"-"}, mem_total: ${mem_total:-0}, mem_free: ${mem_free:-0}, max_queue: ${ban_maxqueue}"
 
-	# main loop
+	# chain creation
 	#
 	f_ipset initial
+	if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]
+	then
+		f_log "err" "banIP processing failed, fatal error during iptables chain creation (${ban_sysver})"
+	fi
+
+	# main loop
+	#
 	for src_name in ${ban_sources}
 	do
 		unset src_on
@@ -667,6 +684,8 @@ f_main()
 		tmp_file="${ban_tmpfile}.${src_name}.file"
 		tmp_raw="${tmp_file}.raw"
 		tmp_cnt="${tmp_file}.cnt"
+		tmp_err="${tmp_file}.err"
+
 		# basic pre-checks
 		#
 		f_log "debug" "f_main  ::: name: ${src_name}, src_on: ${src_on:-"-"}"
@@ -855,18 +874,23 @@ f_main()
 	done
 	wait
 
-	for cnt in $(cat "${ban_tmpfile}".*.cnt 2>/dev/null)
-	do
-		ban_cnt="$((ban_cnt+cnt))"
-	done
-	if [ "${ban_cnt}" -gt 0 ]
+	if [ -z "$(ls "${ban_tmpfile}".*.err 2>/dev/null)" ]
 	then
-		ban_setcnt="$(ls "${ban_tmpfile}".*.cnt 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
+		for cnt in $(cat "${ban_tmpfile}".*.cnt 2>/dev/null)
+		do
+			ban_cnt="$((ban_cnt+cnt))"
+		done
+		if [ "${ban_cnt}" -gt 0 ]
+		then
+			ban_setcnt="$(ls "${ban_tmpfile}".*.cnt 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
+		fi
+		f_log "info" "${ban_setcnt} IPSets with overall ${ban_cnt} IPs/Prefixes loaded successfully (${ban_sysver})"
+		f_bgserv "start"
+		f_jsnup
+		f_rmtemp
+	else
+		f_log "err" "banIP processing failed, fatal iptables error(s) during subshell processing (${ban_sysver})"
 	fi
-	f_log "info" "${ban_setcnt} IPSets with overall ${ban_cnt} IPs/Prefixes loaded successfully (${ban_sysver})"
-	f_bgserv "start"
-	f_jsnup
-	f_rmtemp
 }
 
 # update runtime information