diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1970-omr-vnstat b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1970-omr-vnstat
index 79377cb57..d27027a96 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1970-omr-vnstat
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1970-omr-vnstat
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.latest_versions)" = "" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache
-echo '0 */2 * * * /etc/init.d/vnstat_backup backup' > /etc/crontabs/root
+rm -f /etc/crontabs/vnstat
+echo '0 */2 * * * /etc/init.d/vnstat_backup backup' > /etc/crontabs/vnstat
 
 exit 0