diff --git a/net/ntopng/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-ntopng b/net/ntopng/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-ntopng
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d51bcf7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ntopng/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/start/50-ntopng
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# start again to fix race with redis (no need to restart)
+/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntopng start