diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
index e2134d812..88c068d53 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.timeout=10
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries=5
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.interval=5
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.enabled=1
 		commit omr-tracker
 	EOF
 fi
+
+if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn.enabled)" = "" ]; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.enabled=1
+		commit omr-tracker
+	EOF
+fi
+
+
 rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache
 
 exit 0