diff --git a/xmppc/Makefile b/xmppc/Makefile
index 16470ebd6..e87f36dd0 100755
--- a/xmppc/Makefile
+++ b/xmppc/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xmppc
-PKG_VERSION:=2.2.12
+PKG_VERSION:=2.2.13
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/bbf/xmppc.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=8a494c51bff8190bf78636220115c003b0b34a51
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5dc59fec17f9259ce40959b3fc0fc344322d5435
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif
diff --git a/xmppc/files/etc/config/xmpp b/xmppc/files/etc/config/xmpp
index fac00522b..e44da78fa 100644
--- a/xmppc/files/etc/config/xmpp
+++ b/xmppc/files/etc/config/xmpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 config xmpp 'xmpp'
 	#Log levels: Critical=0, Warning=1, Notice=2, Info=3, Debug=4
-	option loglevel '3'
+	option loglevel '2'
 
diff --git a/xmppc/files/etc/init.d/xmppc b/xmppc/files/etc/init.d/xmppc
index 0e464a241..6452876c6 100755
--- a/xmppc/files/etc/init.d/xmppc
+++ b/xmppc/files/etc/init.d/xmppc
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ STOP=10
 USE_PROCD=1
 PROG="/usr/sbin/xmppc"
 
-stop_service() {
+start_service() {
+	procd_open_instance
+	procd_set_param command "$PROG"
+	procd_close_instance
+}
+
+reload_service() {
 	xmpp_running="$(ubus call service list '{"name":"xmppc"}' | jq ".xmppc.instances.instance1.running")"
 	if [ "${xmpp_running}" = "true" ]; then
 		procd_send_signal xmppc '*' SIGKILL
@@ -16,31 +22,7 @@ stop_service() {
 		uci -q -c /var/state delete xmppc.conn_status
 		uci -q -c /var/state commit xmppc
 	fi
-}
-
-start_service() {
-	local con_name=$(uci -q get xmpp.xmpp.conn_req_connection)
-	local con_enable=$(uci -q get xmpp."${con_name}".enable)
-
-	if [ ! -f "/var/state/xmppc" ]; then
-		touch "/var/state/xmppc"
-	fi
-
-	uci -q -c /var/state set xmppc.global='global'
-	uci -q -c /var/state set xmppc.global.last_change="$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')"
-	uci -q -c /var/state commit xmppc
-
-	procd_open_instance
-	if [ "$con_enable" = "1" ]; then
-		procd_set_param command "$PROG"
-	fi
-	procd_close_instance
-}
-
-reload_service() {
-	logger -p crit -t "xmppc" "reloading service()"
-	stop
-	start 
+	start
 }
 
 service_triggers()