diff --git a/periodicstats/Makefile b/periodicstats/Makefile
index c3eb2f484..b4bea9906 100644
--- a/periodicstats/Makefile
+++ b/periodicstats/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=periodicstats
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.14
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.15
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/bbf/periodicstats.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=72974d0e22a64b2cec51857c3f17dc239fec079f
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5fcef8cbcd3ac396b59df0df0d50812cbfd35942
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define Package/periodicstats
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
   TITLE:=Periodic Statistics Daemon
-  DEPENDS:=+libuci +libubox +libubus +libblobmsg-json +libjson-c
+  DEPENDS:=+ubus +libuci +libubox +libubus +libblobmsg-json
   DEPENDS+=+libbbfdm-api +libbbfdm-ubus +dm-service
 endef
 
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ define Package/periodicstats/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/periodicstatsd $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(BBFDM_REGISTER_SERVICES) ./bbfdm_service.json $(1) $(PKG_NAME)
-	$(BBFDM_INSTALL_MS_DM) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/bbf_plugin/libperiodicstats.so $(1) $(PKG_NAME)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,periodicstats))
diff --git a/periodicstats/bbfdm_service.json b/periodicstats/bbfdm_service.json
index 99023aafd..ea2c1e3d6 100644
--- a/periodicstats/bbfdm_service.json
+++ b/periodicstats/bbfdm_service.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "daemon": {
     "enable": "1",
     "service_name": "periodicstats",
-    "unified_daemon": false,
+    "unified_daemon": true,
     "services": [
       {
         "parent_dm": "Device.",
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats b/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
index 574e34e63..f9f7bdffe 100644
--- a/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 config globals 'globals'
-	option enable '1'
-	option base_interval '5'
-
+	# log_level as per syslog i.e (0-7), default 6 (LOG_INFO)
+	option log_level '6'
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
index ac79084d5..af17ef606 100755
--- a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
@@ -7,22 +7,25 @@ USE_PROCD=1
 PROG="/usr/sbin/periodicstatsd"
 
 start_service() {
-	local enable
-
 	config_load periodicstats
-	config_get_bool enable globals enable 1
+	config_get log_level globals log_level "6"
 	
-	procd_open_instance periodicstatsd
-	if [ "${enable}" -eq "1" ]; then
-		procd_set_param command ${PROG}
-		procd_set_param respawn
-	fi
-	procd_close_instance
+	procd_open_instance "periodicstats"
+	procd_set_param command ${PROG} -l ${log_level}
+	procd_set_param respawn
+	procd_close_instance "periodicstats"
 }
 
 reload_service() {
-	stop
-	start
+	ret=$(ubus call service list '{"name":"periodicstats"}' | jsonfilter -qe '@.periodicstats.instances.periodicstats.running')
+	if [ "$ret" != "true" ]; then
+		stop
+		start
+	else
+		ubus send periodicstats.reload
+	fi
+
+	return
 }
 
 service_triggers() {