diff --git a/net/banip/Makefile b/net/banip/Makefile
index 43a2c2ef4..26a88014b 100644
--- a/net/banip/Makefile
+++ b/net/banip/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=banip
-PKG_VERSION:=0.3.9
+PKG_VERSION:=0.3.10
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ define Package/banip
 	SECTION:=net
 	CATEGORY:=Network
 	TITLE:=Ban incoming and/or outgoing ip adresses via ipsets
-	DEPENDS:=+jshn +jsonfilter +ip +ipset +iptables +ca-bundle
+	DEPENDS:=+jshn +jsonfilter +ip +ipset +iptables +ca-bundle +logd
 	PKGARCH:=all
 endef
 
diff --git a/net/banip/files/banip.init b/net/banip/files/banip.init
index c999c6b00..75fbe5e92 100755
--- a/net/banip/files/banip.init
+++ b/net/banip/files/banip.init
@@ -4,18 +4,17 @@
 START=30
 USE_PROCD=1
 
-EXTRA_COMMANDS="refresh status"
-EXTRA_HELP="	refresh	Refresh ipsets without new list downloads
-	status	Print runtime information"
+EXTRA_COMMANDS="refresh"
+EXTRA_HELP="	refresh	Refresh ipsets without new list downloads"
 
 ban_init="/etc/init.d/banip"
 ban_script="/usr/bin/banip.sh"
 ban_pidfile="/var/run/banip.pid"
 
-if [ -s "${ban_pidfile}" ] && \
-	[ "${action}" != "help" ] && [ "${action}" != "status" ] && [ "${action}" != "boot" ] && [ "${action}" != "enabled" ]
+if [ -s "${ban_pidfile}" ] && { [ "${action}" = "start" ] || [ "${action}" = "stop" ] || \
+	[ "${action}" = "restart" ] || [ "${action}" = "reload" ] || [ "${action}" = "refresh" ]; }
 then
-	exit 1
+	exit 0
 fi
 
 boot()
diff --git a/net/banip/files/banip.sh b/net/banip/files/banip.sh
index c8639a9c6..0a0f4d0fd 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="0.3.9"
+ban_ver="0.3.10"
 ban_basever=""
 ban_enabled=0
 ban_automatic="1"
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ f_envload()
 	config_load banip
 	config_foreach parse_config source
 
+	# log daemon check
+	#
+	if [ "$(/etc/init.d/log running; printf "%u" "${?}")" -eq 1 ]
+	then
+		unset ban_logger
+		f_log "info" "your log daemon 'logd' is not running, please enable 'logd' to use this service"
+		f_rmtemp
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
 	# version check
 	#
 	if [ -z "${ban_basever}" ] || [ "${ban_ver%.*}" != "${ban_basever}" ]