diff --git a/periodicstats/Makefile b/periodicstats/Makefile
index 694be1963..e15f5ec10 100644
--- a/periodicstats/Makefile
+++ b/periodicstats/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=periodicstats
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.1
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=91b15f9779baccc93213ce3ca164c326235d3096
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1cecf36826a5f350ec377683215c5bd17eaee82f
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/iopsys/periodicstats.git
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats b/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
index 133edaffe..597505c97 100644
--- a/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/config/periodicstats
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 config globals 'globals'
 	option enable '0'
+	option base_interval '5'
 
diff --git a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
index 06b389bcd..477f6a39a 100755
--- a/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
+++ b/periodicstats/files/etc/init.d/periodicstats
@@ -38,6 +38,3 @@ reload_service() {
 	start
 }
 
-restart() {
-	start
-}