diff --git a/utils/uvol/Makefile b/utils/uvol/Makefile
index f929ba515..e988d5168 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/Makefile
+++ b/utils/uvol/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=uvol
-PKG_VERSION:=0.3
+PKG_VERSION:=0.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ define Package/autopart/install
 endef
 
 define Package/uvol/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin $(1)/lib/functions
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin $(1)/lib/functions $(1)/etc/uci-defaults
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol.init $(1)/etc/init.d/uvol
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/common.sh $(1)/lib/functions/uvol.sh
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/ubi.sh $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol/20-ubi.sh
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lvm.sh $(1)/usr/libexec/uvol/50-lvm.sh
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uvol.defaults $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/90-uvol-restore-uci
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,autopart))
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/common.sh b/utils/uvol/files/common.sh
index 0eee6d432..e3b554e18 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/common.sh
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/common.sh
@@ -11,15 +11,27 @@ uvol_uci_add() {
 	local volname="$1"
 	local devname="$2"
 	local mode="$3"
-	local autofs uuid uciname
+	local autofs=0
+	local target="/var/run/uvol/$volname"
+	local uuid uciname
 
-	uciname=${volname//-/_}
+	[ "$mode" = "ro" ] && autofs=1
+	uciname="${volname//[-.]/_}"
+	uciname="${uciname//[!([:alnum:]_)]}"
 	uuid="$(/sbin/block info | grep "^$2" | xargs -n 1 echo | grep "^UUID=.*")"
 	[ "$uuid" ] || return 22
-	_uvol_init_spooldir
 	uuid="${uuid:5}"
-	autofs=0
-	[ "$mode" = "ro" ] && autofs=1
+
+	case "$uciname" in
+		"_uxc")
+			target="/var/state/uxc"
+			;;
+		"_"*)
+			return 1
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	_uvol_init_spooldir
 	if [ -e "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1" ]; then
 		rm "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1"
 	fi
@@ -27,11 +39,10 @@ uvol_uci_add() {
 	cat >"${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1" <<EOF
 set fstab.$uciname=mount
 set fstab.$uciname.uuid=$uuid
-set fstab.$uciname.target=/var/run/uvol/$volname
+set fstab.$uciname.target=$target
 set fstab.$uciname.options=$mode
 set fstab.$uciname.autofs=$autofs
 set fstab.$uciname.enabled=1
-commit fstab
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +50,8 @@ uvol_uci_remove() {
 	local volname="$1"
 	local uciname
 
-	uciname=${volname//-/_}
+	uciname="${volname//-/_}"
+	uciname="${uciname//[!([:alnum:]_)]}"
 	if [ -e "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1" ]; then
 		rm "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1"
 		return
@@ -47,20 +59,25 @@ uvol_uci_remove() {
 	_uvol_init_spooldir
 	cat >"${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1" <<EOF
 delete fstab.$uciname
-commit fstab
 EOF
 }
 
 uvol_uci_commit() {
 	local volname="$1"
+	local ucibatch
 
-	if [ -e "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1" ]; then
-		uci batch < "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1"
-		rm "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/add-$1"
-	elif [ -e "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1" ]; then
-		uci batch < "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1"
-		rm "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/remove-$1"
-	fi
+	for ucibatch in "${UCI_SPOOLDIR}/"*"-$volname"${volname+*} ; do
+		[ -e "$ucibatch" ] || break
+		uci batch < "$ucibatch"
+		[ $? -eq 0 ] && rm "$ucibatch"
+	done
 
+	uci commit fstab
 	return $?
 }
+
+uvol_uci_init() {
+	uci -q get fstab.@uvol[0] && return
+	uci add fstab uvol
+	uci set fstab.@uvol[-1].initialized=1
+}
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh b/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
index 20ad0bcb5..95281194b 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/lvm.sh
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ activatevol() {
 			return 22
 			;;
 		*)
-			[ "$lv_active" = "active" ] && return 0
 			uvol_uci_commit "$1"
+			[ "$lv_active" = "active" ] && return 0
 			lvm_cmd lvchange -k n "$lv_full_name" || return $?
 			lvm_cmd lvchange -a y "$lv_full_name" || return $?
 			return 0
@@ -319,10 +319,37 @@ listvols() {
 	done
 }
 
-boot() {
-	local reports rep lv lvs lv_name lv_dm_path lv_mode volname
+
+detect() {
+	local reports rep lv lvs lv_name lv_full_name lv_mode volname devname lv_skip_activation
+	local temp_up=""
+
+	json_init
+	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_full_name -S "lv_name=~^[rw][owp]_.*\$ && vg_name=$vg_name && lv_skip_activation!=0")"
+	json_select report
+	json_get_keys reports
+	for rep in $reports; do
+		json_select "$rep"
+		json_select lv
+		json_get_keys lvs
+		for lv in $lvs; do
+			json_select "$lv"
+			json_get_vars lv_full_name
+			echo "lvchange -a y $lv_full_name"
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -k n "$lv_full_name"
+			lvm_cmd lvchange -a y "$lv_full_name"
+			temp_up="$temp_up $lv_full_name"
+			json_select ..
+		done
+		json_select ..
+		break
+	done
+	sleep 1
+
+	uvol_uci_init
+
 	json_init
-	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_name,lv_dm_path -S "lv_name=~^[rw][ow]_.*\$ && vg_name=$vg_name && lv_active=active")"
+	json_load "$(lvs -o lv_name,lv_dm_path -S "lv_name=~^[rw][owp]_.*\$ && vg_name=$vg_name")"
 	json_select report
 	json_get_keys reports
 	for rep in $reports; do
@@ -334,11 +361,25 @@ boot() {
 			json_get_vars lv_name lv_dm_path
 			lv_mode="${lv_name:0:2}"
 			lv_name="${lv_name:3}"
+			echo uvol_uci_add "$lv_name" "/dev/$(getdev "$lv_name")" "$lv_mode"
+			uvol_uci_add "$lv_name" "/dev/$(getdev "$lv_name")" "$lv_mode"
 			json_select ..
 		done
 		json_select ..
 		break
 	done
+
+	uvol_uci_commit
+
+	for lv_full_name in $temp_up; do
+		echo "lvchange -a n $lv_full_name"
+		lvm_cmd lvchange -a n "$lv_full_name"
+		lvm_cmd lvchange -k y "$lv_full_name"
+	done
+}
+
+boot() {
+	true ; # nothing to do, lvm does it all for us
 }
 
 exportpv
@@ -354,6 +395,9 @@ case "$cmd" in
 	total)
 		totalbytes
 		;;
+	detect)
+		detect
+		;;
 	boot)
 		boot
 		;;
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh b/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
index 0a43224fb..b0b363d7e 100644
--- a/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/ubi.sh
@@ -230,6 +230,63 @@ bootvols() {
 	done
 }
 
+detect() {
+	local volname voldev volmode voldev fstype tmpdev=""
+	for voldir in "/sys/devices/virtual/ubi/${ubidev}/${ubidev}_"*; do
+		read -r volname < "$voldir/name"
+		voldev="$(basename "$voldir")"
+		fstype=
+		case "$volname" in
+			uvol-r[od]-*)
+				if ! [ -e "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" ]; then
+					ubiblock --create "/dev/$voldev" || return $?
+				fi
+				case "$volname" in
+				uvol-rd-*)
+					tmpdev="$tmpdev $voldev"
+					;;
+				esac
+				;;
+			*)
+				continue
+				;;
+		esac
+		volmode="${volname:5:2}"
+		volname="${volname:8}"
+	done
+
+	uvol_uci_init
+
+	for voldir in "/sys/devices/virtual/ubi/${ubidev}/${ubidev}_"*; do
+		read -r volname < "$voldir/name"
+		voldev="$(basename "$voldir")"
+		case "$volname" in
+			uvol-[rw][wod]*)
+				true
+				;;
+			*)
+				continue
+				;;
+		esac
+		volmode="${volname:5:2}"
+		volname="${volname:8}"
+		case "$volmode" in
+		"ro" | "rd")
+			uvol_uci_add "$volname" "/dev/ubiblock${voldev:3}" "ro"
+			;;
+		"rw" | "wd")
+			uvol_uci_add "$volname" "/dev/${voldev}" "rw"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	uvol_uci_commit
+
+	for voldev in $tmpdev ; do
+		ubiblock --remove "/dev/$voldev" || return $?
+	done
+}
+
 case "$cmd" in
 	align)
 		echo "$ebsize"
@@ -240,6 +297,9 @@ case "$cmd" in
 	total)
 		totalbytes
 		;;
+	detect)
+		detect
+		;;
 	boot)
 		bootvols
 		;;
diff --git a/utils/uvol/files/uvol.defaults b/utils/uvol/files/uvol.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbd53a3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/uvol/files/uvol.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+uci -q get fstab.@uvol[0].initialized >/dev/null || uvol detect || true