diff --git a/dnsmngr/Makefile b/dnsmngr/Makefile
index cf8984ad8..8eff3792b 100644
--- a/dnsmngr/Makefile
+++ b/dnsmngr/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmngr
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.1
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
diff --git a/dnsmngr/files/etc/init.d/dnsmngr b/dnsmngr/files/etc/init.d/dnsmngr
deleted file mode 100755
index 49a1d1a36..000000000
--- a/dnsmngr/files/etc/init.d/dnsmngr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-
-START=61
-STOP=01
-
-. /etc/bbfdm/bbfdm_services.sh
-
-USE_PROCD=1
-DNSMNGR_JSON_INPUT="/etc/dnsmngr/input.json"
-
-start_service() {
-	bbfdm_add_service "bbfdm.dnsmngr" "${DNSMNGR_JSON_INPUT}"
-}
diff --git a/dnsmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_dnsmngr_dm_microservice b/dnsmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_dnsmngr_dm_microservice
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ae762294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dnsmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_dnsmngr_dm_microservice
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! uci -q get bbfdm.dnsmngr >/dev/null; then
+	uci set bbfdm.dnsmngr=micro_service
+	uci set bbfdm.dnsmngr.enable=1
+	uci set bbfdm.dnsmngr.input_json="/etc/dnsmngr/input.json"
+	uci set bbfdm.dnsmngr.loglevel=1
+fi