diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index e6d538616..cf37fc5b1 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.8.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index ef8b851f2..b5ee29aea 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ifup()
 
 	status=$(ubus -S call network.interface.$1 status)
 	[ -n "$status" ] && {
-		json_load $status
+		json_load "$status"
 		json_get_vars up l3_device 
 	}