diff --git a/net/freeswitch-stable/Makefile b/net/freeswitch-stable/Makefile
index 7e8ff6b..264e7ca 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch-stable/Makefile
+++ b/net/freeswitch-stable/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PRG_NAME:=freeswitch
 PKG_NAME:=$(PRG_NAME)-stable
 PKG_VERSION:=1.8.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/conffiles
 $(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/$(PRG_NAME)
-$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/default/$(PRG_NAME)
+$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/config/$(PRG_NAME)
 $(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/init.d/$(PRG_NAME)
 endef
 
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ $(call Package/$(PKG_NAME)/install/lib,$(1),lib$(PRG_NAME))
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_IMAGES_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_SCRIPTS_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_SOUNDS_DIR)
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/default
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/config
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(FS_STABLE_TLS_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/$(PRG_NAME).init \
 		$(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/init.d/$(PRG_NAME)
-	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/$(PRG_NAME).default \
-		$(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/default/$(PRG_NAME)
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/$(PRG_NAME).config \
+		$(1)$(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/config/$(PRG_NAME)
 endef
 
 define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/postinst
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@ define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/postinst
 if [ -z "$${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ]; then
   # Prevent $(PRG_NAME) from auto-starting after an upgrade. The modules may
   # not be upgraded yet and the user configuration may need a revision.
-  sed -i '/^ENABLE_FREESWITCH="yes"/s/^/#/' \
-    $(FS_STABLE_SYSCONF_DIR)/default/$(PRG_NAME)
+  uci set freeswitch.general.enabled=0
+  uci commit freeswitch
 
   echo
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------------o"
   echo "| FreeSWITCH note                                                   |"
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------------o"
-  echo "| Edit /etc/default/freeswitch to change basic init configuration.  |"
+  echo "| Edit /etc/config/freeswitch to change basic init configuration.   |"
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------=^_^=-o"
   echo
 fi
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ if [ -z "$${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ]; then
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------------o"
   echo "| FreeSWITCH hotplug note                                           |"
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------------o"
-  echo "| See /etc/default/freeswitch for hotplug hints.                    |"
+  echo "| See /etc/config/freeswitch for hotplug hints.                     |"
   echo "o-------------------------------------------------------------=^_^=-o"
   echo
 fi
diff --git a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.config b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f8891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.config
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
+config freeswitch 'general'
+	option enabled '0'
+	option user 'freeswitch'
+	option group 'freeswitch'
+	option options '-nonat -np'
+	option change_perm '0'
+
+config freeswitch 'directories'
+	option cache '/tmp/freeswitch/cache'
+	option db '/tmp/freeswitch/db'
+	option log '/tmp/freeswitch/log'
+	option recordings '/tmp/freeswitch/recordings'
+	option storage '/tmp/freeswitch/storage'
+	option temp '/tmp/freeswitch/temp'
+
+config freeswitch 'hotplug'
+	#option interface 'wan'
+	#option mount_point '/mnt/usb'
+	option ntpd '0'
+	option timeout '60'
+
diff --git a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.default b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.default
deleted file mode 100644
index cfea494..0000000
--- a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-### FreeSWITCH configuration ###
-
-# Uncomment once you verified your configuration, otherwise the init script will
-# not start FreeSWITCH.
-#ENABLE_FREESWITCH="yes"
-
-#FS_USER=freeswitch
-#FS_GROUP=freeswitch
-
-#FS_DIR_CACHE="/tmp/freeswitch/cache"
-
-# Don't point FS_DIR_DB toward a flash drive, e.g. the flash drive of your
-# router. FreeSWITCH will be writing constantly to its databases, which would
-# degrade the flash over time. Point it to a tmpfs destination like /dev/shm or
-# /tmp instead in order for the writes to go to RAM.
-#FS_DIR_DB="/tmp/freeswitch/db"
-
-#FS_DIR_LOG="/tmp/freeswitch/log"
-#FS_DIR_RECORDINGS="/tmp/freeswitch/recordings"
-#FS_DIR_STORAGE="/tmp/freeswitch/storage"
-#FS_DIR_TEMP="/tmp/freeswitch/temp"
-
-# The following is added to the command line when starting FreeSWITCH:
-OPTIONS="-nonat -np"
-
-### Hotplug configuration ###
-
-# Only used by the FreeSWITCH hotplug script (available in a seperate package).
-
-# Provide the interface that needs to change its state to "up" (if unset the
-# hotplug script does nothing):
-#FS_HOTPLUG_INTERFACE="wan"
-
-# You can add conditions which need to be met before FreeSWITCH is started.
-
-# Uncomment to check if something is mounted here:
-#FS_HOTPLUG_MOUNTPOINT="/mnt/usb"
-
-# Uncomment to check if ntpd is running and has set the system time:
-#FS_HOTPLUG_NTPD="check"
-
-# Uncomment to change the default timeout of 60 seconds that the hotplug script
-# waits for a condition to turn from false to true:
-#FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT="20"
diff --git a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.hotplug b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.hotplug
index 4a6a2c1..10778cb 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.hotplug
+++ b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.hotplug
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 FS=freeswitch
-DEFAULT=/etc/default/$FS
 LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger -t ${FS}-hotplug"
 LOG_ERR="$LOGGER -p user.err --"
 LOG_NOTICE="$LOGGER -p user.notice --"
@@ -9,7 +8,10 @@ LOG_WARN="$LOGGER -p user.warn --"
 
 [ "$ACTION" = ifup ] || exit 0
 
-[ -f $DEFAULT ] && . $DEFAULT
+. /lib/functions.sh
+config_load $FS
+
+config_get FS_HOTPLUG_INTERFACE hotplug interface
 
 [ -n "$FS_HOTPLUG_INTERFACE" ] || exit 0
 
@@ -17,20 +19,24 @@ LOG_WARN="$LOGGER -p user.warn --"
 
 pgrep $FS &> /dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  $LOG_NOTICE Stopping $FS
+  $LOG_NOTICE stopping $FS
   /etc/init.d/$FS stop &> /dev/null
   pgrep $FS &> /dev/null
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    $LOG_ERR Failed to stop $FS
+    $LOG_ERR failed to stop $FS
     exit 1
   else
     $LOG_NOTICE $FS stopped
   fi
 fi
 
+config_get FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT hotplug timeout
+
 [ "$FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT" -gt 0 ] 2> /dev/null || unset FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT
 TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
 
+config_get FS_HOTPLUG_MOUNTPOINT hotplug mount_point
+
 # Mount condition, idea lifted from OpenWrt wiki
 [ -n "$FS_HOTPLUG_MOUNTPOINT" ] && {
 
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
 
   if [ -n "$notReady" ]; then
     $LOG_ERR "$mnt" still not mounted
-    $LOG_ERR Not starting $FS
+    $LOG_ERR not starting $FS
     exit 1
   else
     $LOG_NOTICE "$mnt" mounted
@@ -68,8 +74,10 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
 
 }
 
+config_get_bool FS_HOTPLUG_NTPD hotplug ntpd 0
+
 # ntpd condition
-[ -n "$FS_HOTPLUG_NTPD" ] && {
+[ $FS_HOTPLUG_NTPD -eq 1 ] && {
 
   type ntpq &> /dev/null
   [ $? -eq 0 ] || {
@@ -85,14 +93,9 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
   notReady=start
   timeout=$TIMEOUT
 
-  result=$(uci get 'system.ntp.enabled' 2> /dev/null)
-  [ "$result" -eq 1 ] 2> /dev/null && {
-    $LOG_WARN BusyBox NTP client _and_ ntpd running
-  }
-
   while [ -n "$notReady" -a $timeout -gt 0 ]; do
     if [ "$notReady" != start ]; then
-      $LOG_NOTICE System time not in sync yet, timeout in $timeout s
+      $LOG_NOTICE system time not in sync yet, timeout in $timeout s
       sleep 5
       timeout=$(($timeout-5))
     fi
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
     result=$(ntpq -c 'timeout 300' -c 'rv 0 stratum' 2> /dev/null | \
                     awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | grep -o -E '^[0-9]+')
     if [ -z $result ]; then
-      $LOG_WARN Failed to extract stratum from ntpd
+      $LOG_WARN failed to extract stratum from ntpd
       notReady="unable to extract stratum"
     else
       $LOG_NOTICE ntpd stratum $result
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
         result=$(ntpq -c 'timeout 300' -c 'rv 0 offset' 2> /dev/null \
                  | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | grep -o -E '^-?[0-9]+')
         if [ -z $result ]; then
-          $LOG_WARN Failed to extract offset from ntpd
+          $LOG_WARN failed to extract offset from ntpd
           notReady="unable to extract offset"
         else
           # "-0" looks stupid, so remove "-"
@@ -126,11 +129,11 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
   done
 
   if [ -n "$notReady" ]; then
-    $LOG_ERR System time still not in sync
-    $LOG_ERR Not starting $FS
+    $LOG_ERR system time still not in sync
+    $LOG_ERR not starting $FS
     exit 1
   else
-    $LOG_NOTICE System time in sync
+    $LOG_NOTICE system time in sync
   fi
 
 }
@@ -140,8 +143,8 @@ TIMEOUT="${FS_HOTPLUG_TIMEOUT:-60}"
 sleep 1
 pgrep $FS &>/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  $LOG_NOTICE Started $FS due to \"ifup "$INTERFACE"\" event
+  $LOG_NOTICE started $FS due to \"ifup "$INTERFACE"\" event
 else
-  $LOG_ERR Start of $FS due to \"ifup "$INTERFACE"\" event failed
+  $LOG_ERR start of $FS due to \"ifup "$INTERFACE"\" event failed
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.init b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.init
index a46df7d..eb064d4 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.init
+++ b/net/freeswitch-stable/files/freeswitch.init
@@ -8,37 +8,50 @@ USE_PROCD=1
 #PROCD_DEBUG=1
 
 FS=freeswitch
-DEFAULT=/etc/default/$FS
 LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger -p user.err -s -t $FS"
-OPTIONS=
-PROG=/usr/bin/$FS
-TIMEOUT=30
 
-[ -f $DEFAULT ] && . $DEFAULT
-
-fs_user="${FS_USER:-$FS}"
-fs_group="${FS_GROUP:-$FS}"
-
-fs_dir_etc="/etc/$FS"
-fs_dir_localstate="/var/lib/$FS"
-fs_dir_run="/var/run/$FS"
-
-fs_dir_cache="${FS_DIR_CACHE:-/tmp/$FS/cache}"
-fs_dir_db="${FS_DIR_DB:-/tmp/$FS/db}"
-fs_dir_log="${FS_DIR_LOG:-/tmp/$FS/log}"
-fs_dir_recordings="${FS_DIR_RECORDINGS:-/tmp/$FS/recordings}"
-fs_dir_storage="${FS_DIR_STORAGE:-/tmp/$FS/storage}"
-fs_dir_temp="${FS_DIR_TEMP:-/tmp/$FS/temp}"
+# used in both start_service() and stop_service()
+fs_dir_run=/var/run/$FS
 
 start_service() {
-  local dir=
+  local change_perm
+  local dir
+  local enabled
 
-  if [ "$ENABLE_FREESWITCH" != yes ]; then
-    $LOGGER User configuration incomplete - not starting $FS
-    $LOGGER Check ENABLE_FREESWITCH in $DEFAULT
+  local fs_user
+  local fs_group
+
+  local fs_dir_cache
+  local fs_dir_db
+  local fs_dir_etc=/etc/$FS
+  local fs_dir_localstate=/var/lib/$FS
+  local fs_dir_log
+  local fs_dir_recordings
+  local fs_dir_storage
+  local fs_dir_temp
+
+  local OPTIONS
+
+  local PROG=/usr/bin/$FS
+
+  config_load $FS
+
+  config_get_bool enabled general enabled 0
+  if [ $enabled -eq 0 ]; then
+    $LOGGER service not enabled in /etc/config/$FS
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  config_get fs_user  general user $FS
+  config_get fs_group general group $FS
+
+  config_get fs_dir_cache      directories cache      /tmp/$FS/cache
+  config_get fs_dir_db         directories db         /tmp/$FS/db
+  config_get fs_dir_log        directories log        /tmp/$FS/log
+  config_get fs_dir_recordings directories recordings /tmp/$FS/recordings
+  config_get fs_dir_storage    directories storage    /tmp/$FS/storage
+  config_get fs_dir_temp       directories temp       /tmp/$FS/temp
+
   for dir in "$fs_dir_cache" "$fs_dir_db" "$fs_dir_localstate" \
     "$fs_dir_log" "$fs_dir_recordings" "$fs_dir_run" "$fs_dir_storage" \
     "$fs_dir_temp"
@@ -50,10 +63,13 @@ start_service() {
     }
   done
 
-  #[ -d "$fs_dir_etc" ] && {
-  #  find "$fs_dir_etc" -type f -exec chown root:"$fs_group" {} \;
-  #  find "$fs_dir_etc" -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;
-  #}
+  config_get_bool change_perm general change_perm 0
+  [ $change_perm -eq 1 ] && [ -d "$fs_dir_etc" ] && {
+    find "$fs_dir_etc" -type f -exec chown root:"$fs_group" {} \;
+    find "$fs_dir_etc" -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;
+  }
+
+  config_get OPTIONS general options
 
   procd_open_instance
   # starting with full path seems cleaner judging by 'ps' output
@@ -79,8 +95,9 @@ start_service() {
 }
 
 stop_service() {
-  local retval=
-  local mypid=
+  local retval
+  local mypid
+  local TIMEOUT=30
   local timeout=$TIMEOUT
 
   pgrep $FS &> /dev/null
@@ -124,8 +141,8 @@ stop_service() {
   done
 
   [ $retval -ne 1 ] && {
-    $LOGGER Application seems to hang
-    $LOGGER Sending SIGKILL
+    $LOGGER application seems to hang
+    $LOGGER sending SIGKILL
     kill -SIGKILL $mypid 2>/dev/null
     sleep 3
     pgrep $FS | grep -w $mypid &>/dev/null
@@ -133,7 +150,7 @@ stop_service() {
   }
 
   [ $retval -ne 1 ] && {
-    $LOGGER Failed to stop $FS
+    $LOGGER failed to stop $FS
     exit 1
   }
 }