diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
index 74df66c89..e09d53dcb 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ _vps_firewall_redirect_port() {
 		#return
 	fi
 	[ "$proto" = "all" ] && proto="tcp udp"
+	[ "$proto" = "" ] && proto="tcp udp"
 	[ "$src" = "vpn" ] && [ -n "$proto" ] && [ -n "$src_dport" ] && [ "$enabled" != "0" ] && {
 		for protoi in $proto; do
 			checkfw=""
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ _vps_firewall_redirect_port() {
 				fi
 			fi
 			if [ "$checkfw" = "" ]; then
-				settings='{"name" : "router '$src_dport'","port" : "'$src_dport'","source_dip" : "'$src_dip'","source_ip" : "'$src_ip'","protoi" : "'$protoi'","fwtype" : "DNAT","ipproto" : "'$family'"}'
+				settings='{"name" : "router '$src_dport'","port" : "'$src_dport'","source_dip" : "'$src_dip'","source_ip" : "'$src_ip'","proto" : "'$protoi'","fwtype" : "DNAT","ipproto" : "'$family'"}'
 				_set_json "shorewallopen" "$settings"
 			fi
 			if [ "$family" = "ipv4" ]; then