diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
index a5a380082..7767211b0 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ set_gre_tunnel() {
 
 
 _get_pihole() {
+	[ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.pihole_auto_conf)" = "0" ] && return
 	[ -z "$vps_config" ] && vps_config=$(_get_json "config")
 	[ -z "$vps_config" ] && return
 	vpn="$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.vpn)"
@@ -2054,7 +2055,9 @@ _backup_send() {
 		logger -t "OMR-VPS" "Send backup file to server $servername"
 		local backupjson
 		backupjson='{"data": "'$backup_data'","sha256sum": "'$backup_sha256sum'"}'
-		result=$(_set_json "backuppost" "$backupjson")
+		echo "$backupjson" > /tmp/backupjson
+		result=$(_set_json "backuppost" "@/tmp/backupjson")
+		rm -f /tmp/backupjson
 		uci -q set openmptcprouter.$servername.lastbackup=$(date +%s)
 	}
 }