diff --git a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
index e5adbdf04..5039d63e4 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
+++ b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 
 WEBUI_PORT=${WEBUI_PORT:-8080}
 
-exec s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}"
+s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 12 -c "nc -z 127.0.0.1 ${WEBUI_PORT}" \ 
+        s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}"