diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/config/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/config/openmptcprouter
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f252ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/config/openmptcprouter
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+config settings
+	option enabled '1'
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diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
index 458069049..4d6f95f9d 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
@@ -4,7 +4,4 @@ uci -q batch <<-EOF
     add ucitrack openmptcprouter
     set ucitrack.@openmptcprouter[-1].init=openmptcprouter
     commit ucitrack
-    delete openmptcprouter.settings
-    set openmptcprouter.settings=openmptcprouter
-    commit openmptcprouter
 EOF
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