diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/Makefile b/net/mwan3-luci/Makefile
index 6656806b5..d74b15263 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=luci-app-mwan3
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Aedan Renner <chipdankly@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwancustombak b/net/mwan3-luci/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwancustombak
index b8f660583..6e2875e3d 100755
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwancustombak
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwancustombak
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ send_alert()
 gather_event_info()
 {
 	# create event information message
-	local EVENT_INFO="Interface [ "$INTERFACE" ($DEVICE) ] on router [ "$(uci get -p /var/state system.@system[0].hostname)" ] has triggered a hotplug [ "$ACTION" ] event on "$(date +"%a %b %d %Y %T %Z")""
+	local EVENT_INFO="Interface [ "$INTERFACE" ($DEVICE) ] on router [ "$(uci -p /var/state get system.@system[0].hostname)" ] has triggered a hotplug [ "$ACTION" ] event on "$(date +"%a %b %d %Y %T %Z")""
 
 	# get current interface, policy and rule status
 	local CURRENT_STATUS="$(/usr/sbin/mwan3 status)"
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/mwan3.lua b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/mwan3.lua
index d40ad0116..7fe4442c9 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/mwan3.lua
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/mwan3.lua
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ function index()
 end
 
 function getInterfaceStatus(ruleNumber, interfaceName)
-	if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".enabled")) == "1" then
+	if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".enabled")) == "1" then
 		if ut.trim(sys.exec("ip route list table " .. ruleNumber)) ~= "" then
-			if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".track_ip")) ~= "" then
+			if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".track_ip")) ~= "" then
 				return "online"
 			else
 				return "notMonitored"
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function interfaceStatus()
 		wansid = {}
 
 		for wanName, interfaceState in string.gfind(statusString, "([^%[]+)%[([^%]]+)%]") do
-			local wanInterfaceName = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. wanName .. ".ifname"))
+			local wanInterfaceName = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. wanName .. ".ifname"))
 				if wanInterfaceName == "" then
 					wanInterfaceName = "X"
 				end
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function diagnosticsData(interface, tool, task)
 			results = "MWAN3 started"
 		end
 	else
-		local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. interface .. ".ifname"))
+		local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. interface .. ".ifname"))
 		if interfaceDevice ~= "" then
 			if tool == "ping" then
 				local gateway = ut.trim(sys.exec("route -n | awk '{if ($8 == \"" .. interfaceDevice .. "\" && $1 == \"0.0.0.0\" && $3 == \"0.0.0.0\") print $2}'"))
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function diagnosticsData(interface, tool, task)
 						local pingCommand = "ping -c 3 -W 2 -I " .. interfaceDevice .. " " .. gateway
 						results = pingCommand .. "\n\n" .. sys.exec(pingCommand)
 					else
-						local tracked = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. interface .. ".track_ip"))
+						local tracked = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. interface .. ".track_ip"))
 						if tracked ~= "" then
 							for z in tracked:gmatch("[^ ]+") do
 								local pingCommand = "ping -c 3 -W 2 -I " .. interfaceDevice .. " " .. z
@@ -223,16 +223,18 @@ function diagnosticsData(interface, tool, task)
 end
 
 function troubleshootingData()
+	local ver = require "luci.version"
+
 	local mArray = {}
 
 	-- software versions
-	local wrtRelease = ut.trim(luci.version.distversion)
+	local wrtRelease = ut.trim(ver.distversion)
 		if wrtRelease ~= "" then
 			wrtRelease = "OpenWrt - " .. wrtRelease
 		else
 			wrtRelease = "OpenWrt - unknown"
 		end
-	local luciRelease = ut.trim(luci.version.luciversion)
+	local luciRelease = ut.trim(ver.luciversion)
 		if luciRelease ~= "" then
 			luciRelease = "\nLuCI - " .. luciRelease
 		else
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ function troubleshootingData()
 	mArray.routelist = { routeString }
 
 	-- default firewall output policy
-	local firewallOut = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state firewall.@defaults[0].output"))
+	local firewallOut = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get firewall.@defaults[0].output"))
 		if firewallOut == "" then
 			firewallOut = "No data found"
 		end
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interface.lua b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interface.lua
index 5b31390b6..a8e68a01b 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interface.lua
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interface.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function interfaceCheck() -- find issues with too many interfaces, reliability a
 			local interfaceName = section[".name"]
 			interfaceNumber = interfaceNumber+1 -- count number of mwan interfaces configured
 			-- create list of metrics for none and duplicate checking
-			local metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. interfaceName .. ".metric"))
+			local metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. interfaceName .. ".metric"))
 			if metricValue == "" then
 				errorFound = 1
 				errorNoMetricList = errorNoMetricList .. interfaceName .. " "
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ function interfaceCheck() -- find issues with too many interfaces, reliability a
 				metricList = metricList .. interfaceName .. " " .. metricValue .. "\n"
 			end
 			-- check if any interfaces have a higher reliability requirement than tracking IPs configured
-			local trackingNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("echo $(uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".track_ip) | wc -w")))
+			local trackingNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("echo $(uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".track_ip) | wc -w")))
 			if trackingNumber > 0 then
-				local reliabilityNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".reliability")))
+				local reliabilityNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. interfaceName .. ".reliability")))
 				if reliabilityNumber and reliabilityNumber > trackingNumber then
 					errorFound = 1
 					errorReliabilityList = errorReliabilityList .. interfaceName .. " "
 				end
 			end
 			-- check if any interfaces are not properly configured in /etc/config/network or have no default route in main routing table
-			if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. interfaceName)) == "interface" then
-				local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. interfaceName .. ".ifname"))
+			if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. interfaceName)) == "interface" then
+				local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. interfaceName .. ".ifname"))
 				if interfaceDevice == "uci: Entry not found" or interfaceDevice == "" then
 					errorFound = 1
 					errorNetConfigList = errorNetConfigList .. interfaceName .. " "
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ up = mwan_interface:option(DummyValue, "up", translate("Interface up"))
 metric = mwan_interface:option(DummyValue, "metric", translate("Metric"))
 	metric.rawhtml = true
 	function metric.cfgvalue(self, s)
-		local metricValue = sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. s .. ".metric")
+		local metricValue = sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. s .. ".metric")
 		if metricValue ~= "" then
 			return metricValue
 		else
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interfaceconfig.lua b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interfaceconfig.lua
index 16a7ec394..387ff01a8 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interfaceconfig.lua
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/interfaceconfig.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 -- ------ extra functions ------ --
 
 function interfaceCheck()
-	metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. arg[1] .. ".metric"))
+	metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. arg[1] .. ".metric"))
 	if metricValue == "" then -- no metric
 		errorNoMetric = 1
 	else -- if metric exists create list of interface metrics to compare against for duplicates
 		uci.cursor():foreach("mwan3", "interface",
 			function (section)
-				local metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. section[".name"] .. ".metric"))
+				local metricValue = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. section[".name"] .. ".metric"))
 				metricList = metricList .. section[".name"] .. " " .. metricValue .. "\n"
 			end
 		)
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ function interfaceCheck()
 		end
 	end
 	-- check if this interface has a higher reliability requirement than track IPs configured
-	local trackingNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("echo $(uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".track_ip) | wc -w")))
+	local trackingNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("echo $(uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".track_ip) | wc -w")))
 	if trackingNumber > 0 then
-		local reliabilityNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".reliability")))
+		local reliabilityNumber = tonumber(ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".reliability")))
 		if reliabilityNumber and reliabilityNumber > trackingNumber then
 			errorReliability = 1
 		end
 	end
 	-- check if any interfaces are not properly configured in /etc/config/network or have no default route in main routing table
-	if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. arg[1])) == "interface" then
-		local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state network." .. arg[1] .. ".ifname"))
+	if ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. arg[1])) == "interface" then
+		local interfaceDevice = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get network." .. arg[1] .. ".ifname"))
 		if interfaceDevice == "uci: Entry not found" or interfaceDevice == "" then
 			errorNetConfig = 1
 			errorRoute = 1
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/rule.lua b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/rule.lua
index cbd8bdd03..a22e01054 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/rule.lua
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/rule.lua
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 function ruleCheck() -- determine if rules needs a proper protocol configured
 	uci.cursor():foreach("mwan3", "rule",
 		function (section)
-			local sourcePort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".src_port"))
-			local destPort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".dest_port"))
+			local sourcePort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".src_port"))
+			local destPort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".dest_port"))
 			if sourcePort ~= "" or destPort ~= "" then -- ports configured
-				local protocol = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".proto"))
+				local protocol = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. section[".name"] .. ".proto"))
 				if protocol == "" or protocol == "all" then -- no or improper protocol
 					error_protocol_list = error_protocol_list .. section[".name"] .. " "
 				end
diff --git a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/ruleconfig.lua b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/ruleconfig.lua
index d880a72e2..f7fb341e1 100644
--- a/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/ruleconfig.lua
+++ b/net/mwan3-luci/files/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/mwan/ruleconfig.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 -- ------ extra functions ------ --
 
 function ruleCheck() -- determine if rule needs a protocol specified
-	local sourcePort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".src_port"))
-	local destPort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".dest_port"))
+	local sourcePort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".src_port"))
+	local destPort = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".dest_port"))
 	if sourcePort ~= "" or destPort ~= "" then -- ports configured
-		local protocol = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci get -p /var/state mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".proto"))
+		local protocol = ut.trim(sys.exec("uci -p /var/state get mwan3." .. arg[1] .. ".proto"))
 		if protocol == "" or protocol == "all" then -- no or improper protocol
 			error_protocol = 1
 		end