diff --git a/vpnmon.sh b/vpnmon.sh
index 46dbf2b..2c98bbb 100755
--- a/vpnmon.sh
+++ b/vpnmon.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ START(){
 	[ "${ROUTE2}" != "" ] && ip route add ${ROUTE2} via $(ip address show dev ppp0 | grep -Po '(?<=peer )(\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b)') dev ppp0
 		
 	if [ "${SYSTEM}" = "unifipoller" ]; then
-		/usr/sbin/service unifi-poller start
+		/usr/sbin/service unifi-poller start &
 		#elif [ "${SYSTEM}" = "rpicam" ]; then
 		#/usr/sbin/service rpisurv restart
 	fi