diff --git a/net/aria2/Makefile b/net/aria2/Makefile
index 94e38a3a0..1c70510c6 100644
--- a/net/aria2/Makefile
+++ b/net/aria2/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=aria2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.24.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.25.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=d8d75cd0ee01c3e50e57214ff552a961
+PKG_MD5SUM:=edc7f20ba182cec30384489fd3dfe135
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>, Hsing-Wang Liao <kuoruan@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/aria2/files/aria2.init b/net/aria2/files/aria2.init
index 4205273da..ab5a0e6b0 100755
--- a/net/aria2/files/aria2.init
+++ b/net/aria2/files/aria2.init
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2016 nanpuyue <nanpuyue@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2016 kuoruan <kuoruan@gmail.com>
 
 START=99
 SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1
@@ -41,16 +42,24 @@ start_instance() {
 	config_file="$config_dir/aria2.conf"
 	session_file="$config_dir/aria2.session"
 	dht_file="$config_dir/dht.dat"
+	log_file="$config_dir/aria2.log"
+
 	[ -d "$config_dir" ] || {
 		mkdir -m 0755 -p "$config_dir"
 		touch "$config_file"
 		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R $user $config_dir
 	}
+
 	touch "$session_file"
 
 	echo -e "enable-rpc=true\nrpc-allow-origin-all=true\nrpc-listen-all=true\nquiet=true" > $config_file
 	echo -e "continue=true\ninput-file=$session_file\nsave-session=$session_file" >> $config_file
+
 	option_disabled "$s" 'enable_dht' || echo "dht-file-path=$dht_file" >> $config_file
+	option_disabled "$s" 'enable_log' || {
+                touch "$log_file"
+                echo -e "log=$log_file" >> $config_file
+        }
 
 	append_params "$s" \
 		file_allocation bt_enable_lpd enable_dht rpc_user rpc_passwd rpc_listen_port dir bt_tracker disk_cache \
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ start_instance() {
 	config_list_foreach "$s" extra_settings append_extrasettings
 	
 	SERVICE_UID="$user" \
-	service_start /usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path="$config_file"
+	service_start /usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path="$config_file" # start service
 }
 
 append_extrasettings() {
@@ -69,10 +78,24 @@ append_extrasettings() {
 }
 
 start() {
+	logger -t ARIA2C 'Starting aria2c service'
 	config_load 'aria2'
 	config_foreach start_instance 'aria2'
+	return 0
 }
 
 stop() {
-	service_stop /usr/bin/aria2c
+	if [ -n "`pidof aria2c`" ]; then
+		logger -t ARIA2C 'Shutting down aria2c service'
+		service_stop /usr/bin/aria2c
+	fi
+	return 0
 }
+
+restart() {
+	logger -t ARIA2C 'Restarting aria2c service'
+	stop
+	sleep 2 # give time to shutdown
+	start
+}
+