diff --git a/bulkdata/Makefile b/bulkdata/Makefile
index c343dbbf0..b3b6b9b5f 100755
--- a/bulkdata/Makefile
+++ b/bulkdata/Makefile
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bulkdata
-PKG_VERSION:=2.1.10
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.11
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/bbf/bulkdata.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e472e90feec31d9f318ea8c732ab564002e25db1
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5dd9cd3cfc95e9dce5f64fe9cadd274bb31b8fa6
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif
diff --git a/bulkdata/files/etc/init.d/bulkdatad b/bulkdata/files/etc/init.d/bulkdatad
index b3d7e5044..52e55de70 100755
--- a/bulkdata/files/etc/init.d/bulkdatad
+++ b/bulkdata/files/etc/init.d/bulkdatad
@@ -12,12 +12,21 @@ start_service() {
 	config_load bulkdata
 	config_get_bool enable bulkdata enable 1
 
-	[ "$enable" -eq "1" ] && {
+	if [ ! -f "/var/state/bulkdatad" ]; then
+		touch /var/state/bulkdatad
+		uci -q -c /var/state set bulkdatad.global='global'
+		uci -q -c /var/state commit bulkdatad
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$enable" -eq "1" ]; then
 		procd_open_instance "bulkdata"
 		procd_set_param command "$PROG"
 		procd_set_param respawn
 		procd_close_instance "bulkdata"
-	}
+	else
+		uci -q -c /var/state set bulkdatad.global.status='Disabled'
+		uci -q -c /var/state commit bulkdatad
+	fi
 }
 
 reload_service() {