diff --git a/utils/watchcat/Makefile b/utils/watchcat/Makefile
index 0cbf11dda..cb80a6a10 100644
--- a/utils/watchcat/Makefile
+++ b/utils/watchcat/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=watchcat
 PKG_VERSION:=1
-PKG_RELEASE:=11
+PKG_RELEASE:=12
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Roger D <rogerdammit@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/watchcat
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  TITLE:=Enable the configuration of programed reboots
+  TITLE:=Enable the configuration of programmed reboots or network interface restarts
   PKGARCH:=all
 endef
 
 define Package/watchcat/description
-Allows to configure a periodically reboot, or after losing internet connectivity. Configured trough UCI /etc/config/system.
+Restart network interfaces or reboot if pings to hosts fail, or set up periodic reboots. Configured via UCI /etc/config/watchcat
 endef
 
 define Package/watchcat/conffiles
-/etc/config/system
+/etc/config/watchcat
 endef
 
 define Build/Compile
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ endef
 
 define Package/watchcat/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/initd_watchcat $(1)/etc/init.d/watchcat
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/watchcat.init $(1)/etc/init.d/watchcat
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/watchcat.sh $(1)/usr/bin/watchcat.sh
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/watchcat.config $(1)/etc/config/watchcat
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/uci-defaults
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/uci_defaults_watchcat $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/50-watchcat
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/migrate-watchcat $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/migrate-watchcat
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,watchcat))
diff --git a/utils/watchcat/files/migrate-watchcat b/utils/watchcat/files/migrate-watchcat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93b7ce2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/watchcat/files/migrate-watchcat
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+upgrade_watchcat() {
+        local cfg="$1"
+
+        config_get period "$cfg" period
+        config_get mode "$cfg" mode
+        config_get pinghosts "$cfg" pinghosts
+        config_get forcedelay "$cfg" forcedelay
+
+        [ -f "/etc/config/watchcat" ] || touch /etc/config/watchcat
+        uci_add watchcat watchcat
+        uci_set watchcat @watchcat[-1] period "$period"
+        uci_set watchcat @watchcat[-1] mode "$mode"
+        uci_set watchcat @watchcat[-1] pinghosts "$pinghosts"
+        uci_set watchcat @watchcat[-1] forcedelay "$forcedelay"
+
+        uci_remove system "$cfg"
+}
+
+config_load system
+config_foreach upgrade_watchcat watchcat
+
+uci_commit watchcat
+uci commit system
diff --git a/utils/watchcat/files/uci_defaults_watchcat b/utils/watchcat/files/uci_defaults_watchcat
deleted file mode 100644
index da4993230..000000000
--- a/utils/watchcat/files/uci_defaults_watchcat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-uci -q show system.@watchcat[0] || {
-	uci add system watchcat
-	uci set system.@watchcat[0].period=6h
-	uci set system.@watchcat[0].mode=ping_reboot
-	uci set system.@watchcat[0].pinghosts=8.8.8.8
-	uci set system.@watchcat[0].forcedelay=30
-	uci commit
-}
diff --git a/utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.config b/utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed6544cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.config
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+config watchcat
+	option period '6h'
+	option mode 'ping_reboot'
+	option pinghosts '8.8.8.8'
+	option forcedelay '30'
diff --git a/utils/watchcat/files/initd_watchcat b/utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.init
similarity index 59%
rename from utils/watchcat/files/initd_watchcat
rename to utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.init
index 95f59271f..a48d3fded 100644
--- a/utils/watchcat/files/initd_watchcat
+++ b/utils/watchcat/files/watchcat.init
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
 
-START=97
+USE_PROCD=1
 
-PIDFILE="/tmp/run/watchcat"
+START=97
+STOP=01
 
 append_string() {
 	varname="$1"
@@ -29,25 +30,23 @@ time_to_seconds() {
 	unset time
 }
 
-load_watchcat() {
+config_watchcat() {
+	# Read config
 	config_get period "$1" period "120"
-	config_get mode "$1" mode "restart_iface"
+	config_get mode "$1" mode "ping_reboot"
 	config_get pinghosts "$1" pinghosts "8.8.8.8"
 	config_get pingperiod "$1" pingperiod "60"
 	config_get forcedelay "$1" forcedelay "60"
 	config_get pingsize "$1" pingsize "standard"
 	config_get interface "$1" interface
 	config_get mmifacename "$1" mmifacename
-	config_get unlockbands "$1" unlockbands "0"
+	config_get_bool unlockbands "$1" unlockbands "0"
 
 	# Fix potential typo in mode and provide backward compatibility.
 	[ "$mode" = "allways" ] && mode="periodic_reboot"
 	[ "$mode" = "always" ] && mode="periodic_reboot"
 	[ "$mode" = "ping" ] && mode="ping_reboot"
-	
-	error=""
-	warn=""
-
+  
 	# Checks for settings common to all operation modes
 	if [ "$mode" != "periodic_reboot" ] && [ "$mode" != "ping_reboot" ] && [ "$mode" != "restart_iface" ]; then
 		append_string "error" "mode must be 'periodic_reboot' or 'ping_reboot' or 'restart_iface'" "; "
@@ -55,16 +54,14 @@ load_watchcat() {
 
 	period="$(time_to_seconds "$period")"
 	[ "$period" -ge 1 ] ||
-		append_string "error" "period has invalid format! Use time value(ex: '30'; '4m'; '6h'; '2d')" "; "
+		append_string "error" "period has invalid format. Use time value(ex: '30'; '4m'; '6h'; '2d')" "; "
 
 	# ping_reboot mode and restart_iface mode specific checks
 	if [ "$mode" = "ping_reboot" ] || [ "$mode" = "restart_iface" ]; then
-
 		if [ -z "$error" ]; then
-
 			pingperiod_default="$((period / 5))"
-
 			pingperiod="$(time_to_seconds "$pingperiod")"
+
 			if [ "$pingperiod" -ge 0 ] && [ "$pingperiod" -ge "$period" ]; then
 				pingperiod="$(time_to_seconds "$pingperiod_default")"
 				append_string "warn" "pingperiod cannot be greater than $period. Defaulted to $pingperiod_default seconds (1/5 of period)" "; "
@@ -90,53 +87,38 @@ load_watchcat() {
 		logger -p user.err -t "watchcat" "reboot program $1 not started - $error"
 		return
 	}
-
+	
+	# Need to conditionally run mode functions because they have different signatures
 	case "$mode" in
-	periodic_reboot)
-		/usr/bin/watchcat.sh "periodic_reboot" "$period" "$forcedelay" &
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "started task (mode=$mode;period=$period;forcedelay=$forcedelay)"
-		;;
-	ping_reboot)
-		/usr/bin/watchcat.sh "ping_reboot" "$period" "$forcedelay" "$pinghosts" "$pingperiod" "$pingsize" &
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "started task (mode=$mode;period=$period;pinghosts=$pinghosts;pingperiod=$pingperiod;forcedelay=$forcedelay;pingsize=$pingsize)"
-		;;
-	restart_iface)
-		/usr/bin/watchcat.sh "restart_iface" "$period" "$pinghosts" "$pingperiod" "$pingsize" "$interface" "$mmifacename" &
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "started task (mode=$mode;period=$period;pinghosts=$pinghosts;pingperiod=$pingperiod;pingsize=$pingsize;interface=$interface;mmifacename=$mmifacename;unlockbands=$unlockbands)"
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo "Error starting Watchcat service. Invalid mode selection: $mode"
-		;;
+		periodic_reboot)
+			procd_open_instance "watchcat_${1}"
+			procd_set_param command /usr/bin/watchcat.sh "periodic_reboot" "$period" "$forcedelay"
+			procd_set_param respawn ${respawn_threshold:-3600} ${respawn_timeout:-5} ${respawn_retry:-5}
+			procd_close_instance
+			;;
+		ping_reboot)
+			procd_open_instance "watchcat_${1}"
+			procd_set_param command /usr/bin/watchcat.sh "ping_reboot" "$period" "$forcedelay" "$pinghosts" "$pingperiod" "$pingsize"
+			procd_set_param respawn ${respawn_threshold:-3600} ${respawn_timeout:-5} ${respawn_retry:-5}
+			procd_close_instance
+			;;
+		restart_iface)
+			procd_open_instance "watchcat_${1}"
+			procd_set_param command /usr/bin/watchcat.sh "restart_iface" "$period" "$pinghosts" "$pingperiod" "$pingsize" "$interface" "$mmifacename"
+			procd_set_param respawn ${respawn_threshold:-3600} ${respawn_timeout:-5} ${respawn_retry:-5}
+			procd_close_instance
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "Error starting Watchcat service. Invalid mode selection: $mode"
+			;;
 	esac
-
-	echo $! >>"${PIDFILE}.pids"
 }
 
-stop() {
-	if [ -f "${PIDFILE}.pids" ]; then
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "stopping all tasks"
-
-		while read pid; do
-			kill -KILL "$pid"
-		done <"${PIDFILE}.pids"
-
-		rm "${PIDFILE}.pids"
-
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "all tasks stopped"
-	else
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "no tasks running"
-	fi
+start_service() {
+	config_load watchcat
+	config_foreach config_watchcat watchcat
 }
 
-start() {
-	[ -f "${PIDFILE}.pids" ] && stop
-
-	config_load system
-	if [ -n "$(uci show system.@watchcat[0])" ]; then # at least one watchcat section exists
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "starting all tasks"
-		config_foreach load_watchcat watchcat
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "all tasks started"
-	else
-		logger -p user.info -t "watchcat" "no tasks defined"
-	fi
+service_triggers() {
+	procd_add_reload_trigger "watchcat"
 }