diff --git a/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/Makefile b/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/Makefile
index 2d6792897..06d7bb2aa 100644
--- a/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/Makefile
+++ b/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI for Zerotier
 LUCI_DEPENDS:=+zerotier
 LUCI_PKGARCH:=all
 PKG_VERSION:=1.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=9
+PKG_RELEASE:=10
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/feeds/luci/luci.mk
 
diff --git a/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/root/etc/zerotier.start b/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/root/etc/zerotier.start
index ab40a0949..c44bfcac3 100755
--- a/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/root/etc/zerotier.start
+++ b/package/lean/luci-app-zerotier/root/etc/zerotier.start
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 zero_enable=$(uci get zerotier.sample_config.enabled)
 
-if [ $zero_enable -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ ($zero_enable -eq 1) && (pgrep /usr/bin/zerotier-one >/dev/null) ]; then
 
 while [ "$(ifconfig | grep zt | awk '{print $1}')" = "" ]  
 do