diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
index 7f185d395..110eda0ea 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 . /lib/functions.sh
 . /usr/lib/unbound/iptools.sh
+. /lib/functions/network.sh
 
 # retrieve args
 OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE="$1"
@@ -246,6 +247,14 @@ while true; do
 	OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_GATEWAY=
 	OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_GATEWAY6=
 	serverip_ping=false
+	[ -z "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && {
+			network_get_device OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE $OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE
+			[ -z "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && network_get_physdev OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE $1
+			[ -z "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE=$(ifstatus "$1" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
+			[ -z "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE=$(ifstatus "$1_4" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
+			[ -z "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && config_get OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE "$1" device
+			[ -n "$(echo $OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE | grep '@')" ] && OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE=$(ifstatus "$1" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["device"]')
+	}
 
 	if [ -n "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ] && [ -d "/sys/class/net/$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" ]; then
 		if [ -n "$(ip link show $OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE | grep UP)" ]; then