diff --git a/urlfilter/files/etc/init.d/urlfilter b/urlfilter/files/etc/init.d/urlfilter
index 9f7b38f33..41b0cfab3 100755
--- a/urlfilter/files/etc/init.d/urlfilter
+++ b/urlfilter/files/etc/init.d/urlfilter
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PROG=/usr/sbin/urlfilter
 
 configure_firewall()
 {
-	iptables -w -L FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
+	iptables -w -nL FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
 	if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
 		# setup netfilter queue 0, use queue bypass so that if no application is
 		# listening to this queue then traffic is unaffected.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ configure_firewall()
 		# disable acceleration for https packet so that they can be read by urlfilter
 		ebtables -A FORWARD -p ip --ip-protocol 6 --ip-destination-port 443 -j SKIPLOG
 	fi
-	ip6tables -w -L FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
+	ip6tables -w -nL FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
 	if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
 		#ip6table rules
 		ip6tables -w -I FORWARD 1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 0 --queue-bypass
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ start_service() {
 }
 
 stop_service() {
-	iptables -w -L FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
+	iptables -w -nL FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
 	if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 		iptables -w -D FORWARD -p tcp --dport 80 -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 0 --queue-bypass
 		iptables -w -D FORWARD -p tcp --dport 443 -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 0 --queue-bypass
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stop_service() {
 		iptables -w -D INPUT -p udp --sport 53 -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 0 --queue-bypass
 		ebtables -D FORWARD -p ip --ip-protocol 6 --ip-destination-port 443 -j SKIPLOG
 	fi
-	ip6tables -w -L FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
+	ip6tables -w -nL FORWARD|grep -iqE "NFQUEUE"
 	if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 		#ip6table rules
 		ip6tables -w -D FORWARD -p tcp --dport 80 -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 0 --queue-bypass