diff --git a/periodicstats/Makefile b/periodicstats/Makefile
index ce4e31895..59d8b9572 100644
--- a/periodicstats/Makefile
+++ b/periodicstats/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=periodicstats
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.3
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.4
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
index 98843aafa..521c04784 100755
--- a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 START=61
 STOP=01
 
-. /etc/bbfdm/bbfdm_services.sh
-
 USE_PROCD=1
 PROG="/usr/sbin/periodicstatsd"
-PERIODICSTATS_JSON_INPUT="/etc/periodicstats/input.json"
 
 start_service() {
 	local enable
@@ -15,8 +12,6 @@ start_service() {
 	config_load periodicstats
 	config_get_bool enable globals enable 1
 	
-	bbfdm_add_service "bbfdm.periodicstats" "${PERIODICSTATS_JSON_INPUT}"
-
 	if [ "${enable}" -ne "1" ]; then
 		return 0;
 	fi
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_periodicstats_dm_microservice b/periodicstats/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_periodicstats_dm_microservice
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b9a074b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/uci-defaults/50_add_periodicstats_dm_microservice
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! uci -q get bbfdm.periodicstats >/dev/null; then
+	uci set bbfdm.periodicstats=micro_service
+	uci set bbfdm.periodicstats.enable=1
+	uci set bbfdm.periodicstats.input_json="/etc/periodicstats/input.json"
+	uci set bbfdm.periodicstats.loglevel=1
+fi