diff --git a/files/CONTROL/control b/files/CONTROL/control
index 91e66f1..70a7fa6 100644
--- a/files/CONTROL/control
+++ b/files/CONTROL/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pi-hole
 Version: 
-Depends: bash, cron, logrotate, curl, git-http, ca-bundle, bind-dig, bind-nslookup, iputils-ping, net-tools, net-tools-netstat, findutils, grep, sed, jq, libcap-bin, shadow-su, sudo, psmisc, procps-ng-pgrep, libncurses-dev, rev, lscpu, coreutils-cut, coreutils-expr, coreutils-id, coreutils-install, coreutils-mktemp, coreutils-nohup, coreutils-printf, coreutils-seq, coreutils-sha1sum, coreutils-sleep, coreutils-stat, coreutils-stty, coreutils-tee, coreutils-timeout, coreutils-tr, coreutils-tty, coreutils-whoami
+Depends: bash, cron, logrotate, curl, git-http, ca-bundle, bind-dig, bind-nslookup, iputils-ping, net-tools, net-tools-netstat, findutils, grep, sed, jq, libcap-bin, sudo, psmisc, procps-ng-pgrep, libncurses-dev, rev, lscpu, coreutils-cut, coreutils-expr, coreutils-id, coreutils-install, coreutils-mktemp, coreutils-nohup, coreutils-printf, coreutils-seq, coreutils-sha1sum, coreutils-sleep, coreutils-stat, coreutils-stty, coreutils-tee, coreutils-timeout, coreutils-tr, coreutils-tty, coreutils-whoami
 Source: https://github.com/jacklul/entware-pi-hole
 License: EUPL-1.2
 LicenseFiles: LICENSE
diff --git a/files/opt/etc/init.d/S65pihole-FTL b/files/opt/etc/init.d/S65pihole-FTL
index d7a2464..893c33e 100644
--- a/files/opt/etc/init.d/S65pihole-FTL
+++ b/files/opt/etc/init.d/S65pihole-FTL
@@ -15,26 +15,35 @@ case $1 in
         # Attempt to start using setcap and su or as 'pihole' user
         if [ -z "$ARGS" ] && [ -z "$PREARGS" ]; then
             ROOT_USER="$(id -nu 0 2> /dev/null)"
+            ROOT_GROUP="$(id -ng 0 2> /dev/null)"
+
+            if [ -n "$ROOT_USER" ] && [ -n "$ROOT_GROUP" ]; then # if this is empty then this can indicate absence of 'id' command
+                ARGS="-- -u $ROOT_USER -g $ROOT_GROUP" # workaround "[dnsmasq] unknown user or group: root" error
+
+				# Update permissions of /dev/shm
+				if [ "$(stat -c "%a" /dev/shm)" != "1777" ]; then
+					if ! chmod 1777 /dev/shm; then
+						echo "Warning: Failed to update permissions of /dev/shm" >&2
+					fi
+				fi
 
-            if [ -n "$ROOT_USER" ]; then # if this is empty then this can indicate absence of 'id' command
                 if [ -n "$(id -u pihole 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+					# attempt to start the intended way
                     if setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_NET_RAW,CAP_NET_ADMIN,CAP_SYS_NICE,CAP_IPC_LOCK,CAP_CHOWN+eip "/opt/bin/pihole-FTL"; then
-                        PREARGS="su -s sh -c"
-                        ARGS="pihole"
+                        #ARGS="-- -u pihole -g pihole"
+                        PREARGS="sudo -u pihole"
                     fi
 
-                    if [ -z "$ARGS" ]; then # setcap not supported - start as root user but then change to pihole
-                        ARGS="-- -u pihole"
-                        echo "Warning: Starting pihole-FTL as '$ROOT_USER' (then dropping to 'pihole') because setting capabilities is not supported on this system"
+                    if [ -z "$PREARGS" ]; then # setcap not supported
+                        echo "Warning: Starting pihole-FTL as '$ROOT_USER' (then dropping to 'pihole') because setting capabilities is not supported on this system" >&2
                     fi
                 else # start as root user
-                    ROOT_GROUP="$(id -ng 0 2> /dev/null)"
-
-                    ARGS="-- -u $ROOT_USER"
-                    echo "Warning: Starting pihole-FTL as '$ROOT_USER' because 'pihole' user does not exist"
+                    echo "Warning: Starting pihole-FTL as '$ROOT_USER' because 'pihole' user does not exist" >&2
 
                     chown -R "$ROOT_USER":"$ROOT_GROUP" /opt/etc/pihole /opt/var/log/pihole
                 fi
+            else
+                echo "Warning: Unable to determine root user" >&2
             fi
         fi