diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index adb54b24a..62efd088b 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.18
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.18-1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index a0c296f18..3fcf4cacb 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ifup()
 		exit 0
 	}
 
-	json_load $(ubus -S call network.interface.$1 status)
+	json_load "$(ubus -S call network.interface.$1 status)"
 	json_get_vars up l3_device
 	config_get enabled "$1" enabled 0