diff --git a/vpnmon.sh b/vpnmon.sh
index 70561a9..a6fff39 100755
--- a/vpnmon.sh
+++ b/vpnmon.sh
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ START(){
 	sudo touch /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control
 	[ "$(systemctl list-units --full -all | grep "strongswan.service")" != "" ] && sudo service strongswan restart
 	[ "$(systemctl list-units --full -all | grep "strongswan-starter.service")" != "" ] && sudo service strongswan-starter restart
-	sudo service xl2tpd restart
-	sudo service ipsec restart
-	sleep 8s
+	sudo systemctl restart xl2tpd ipsec
+	sleep 4s
 	sudo /usr/sbin/ipsec up ${VPN_NAME}
-	sleep 8s
-	sudo bash -c 'echo "c ${VPN_NAME}" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control'
-	sleep 8s
+	sleep 4s
+	sudo echo "c ${VPN_NAME}" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control
+	sleep 4s
 	
 	[ "${ROUTE_SUBNET1}" != "" ] && ip route add ${ROUTE_SUBNET1} via $(ip address show dev ppp0 | grep -Po '(?<=peer )(\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b)') dev ppp0
 	[ "${ROUTE_SUBNET2}" != "" ] && ip route add ${ROUTE_SUBNET2} via $(ip address show dev ppp0 | grep -Po '(?<=peer )(\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b)') dev ppp0
@@ -44,7 +43,8 @@ STOP(){
 	# 	/usr/sbin/service unifi-poller stop
 	# fi
 	
-	sudo bash -c 'echo "d ${VPN_NAME}" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control'
+	# sudo bash -c 'echo "d ${VPN_NAME}" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control'
+	sudo echo "d ${VPN_NAME}" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control
 	/usr/sbin/ipsec down ${VPN_NAME}
 	
 	echo "$(date) - VPN stopped" >> $logfile