diff --git a/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile b/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
index aa2f0116aa..5f22488a43 100644
--- a/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
+++ b/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Lean <coolsnowwolf@gmail.com>
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2021 ImmortalWrt
-# <https://immortalwrt.org>
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 ImmortalWrt.org
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=default-settings
-PKG_RELEASE:=27
+PKG_RELEASE:=28
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings b/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
index 8cf2dbac69..fa02d2fcea 100755
--- a/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
+++ b/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ if ! uci -q get system.@imm_init[0].lang > "/dev/null"; then
 	EOF
 fi
 
+if ! uci -q get system.@imm_init[0].dhcp > "/dev/null"; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF
+		set dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].logfacility="/dev/null"
+		commit dhcp
+
+		set system.@imm_init[0].dhcp="1"
+		commit system
+	EOF
+fi
+
 ln -sf "/sbin/ip" "/usr/bin/ip"
 
-sed -i "/log-facility/d" "/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
-echo "log-facility=/dev/null" >> "/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
-
-rm -f "/www/luci-static/resources/view/status/include/29_ethinfo.js"
-rm -f "/tmp/luci-indexcache"
-rm -rf "/tmp/luci-modulecache"
-
 exit 0
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
index 20f7a85941..5d1cc2bfe0 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ config dnsmasq
 	option local	'/lan/'
 	option domain	'lan'
 	option expandhosts	1
-	option nonegcache	0
+	option min_cache_ttl	3600
+	option use_stale_cache	3600
 	option cachesize	8000
+	option nonegcache	1
 	option authoritative	1
 	option readethers	1
 	option leasefile	'/tmp/dhcp.leases'
@@ -21,11 +23,11 @@ config dnsmasq
 	#list notinterface	lo
 	#list bogusnxdomain     '64.94.110.11'
 	option localservice	1  # disable to allow DNS requests from non-local subnets
-	option min_cache_ttl	3600
 	option dns_redirect	1
 	option ednspacket_max	1232
 	option filter_aaaa	0
 	option filter_a		0
+	option logfacility	/dev/null
 	#list addnmount		/some/path # read-only mount path to expose it to dnsmasq
 
 config dhcp lan