diff --git a/net/vnstat2/Makefile b/net/vnstat2/Makefile
index 15e764d09..59fb065c2 100644
--- a/net/vnstat2/Makefile
+++ b/net/vnstat2/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vnstat2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=vnstat-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://humdi.net/vnstat
-PKG_HASH:=89276e0a7281943edb554b874078278ad947dc312938a2451e03eb80679f7ff7
+PKG_HASH:=4c28a1d8bc03c2b6e7ab96c876e07dd8ea174b7cad73b7190ecb2b9501e83e9e
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.init b/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.init
index 122f9aab5..9754e1507 100644
--- a/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.init
+++ b/net/vnstat2/files/vnstat.init
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ init_database() {
 
 	local database_count="$(ls "$lib" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
 
+	# only init database when folder is empty, as it would prevent import of legacy databases
 	if [ "$database_count" -eq "0" ]; then
-		/usr/sbin/vnstatd -n --noadd >/dev/null 
+		/usr/sbin/vnstatd --initdb >/dev/null
 	fi
 }