diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index c78df6221..1ef345aac 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.8.7
+PKG_VERSION:=2.8.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index b5ee29aea..a854dfda2 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ start()
 
 	uci_toggle_state mwan3 globals enabled "1"
 
+	config_load mwan3
 	config_foreach ifup interface
 }