diff --git a/net/netbird/Makefile b/net/netbird/Makefile
index d349b525d2..29d95a4d6b 100644
--- a/net/netbird/Makefile
+++ b/net/netbird/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=netbird
 PKG_VERSION:=0.60.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/netbirdio/netbird/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
diff --git a/net/netbird/files/netbird.init b/net/netbird/files/netbird.init
index 6072e2d2c3..533404a075 100755
--- a/net/netbird/files/netbird.init
+++ b/net/netbird/files/netbird.init
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ start_service() {
 
 	procd_set_param env NB_STATE_DIR="/root/.config/netbird"
 	procd_append_param env NB_DISABLE_SSH_CONFIG="1"
+	procd_append_param env NB_DNS_STATE_FILE="/var/lib/netbird/state.json"
 
 	procd_set_param pidfile /var/run/netbird.pid
 	procd_close_instance