diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
index b7c99839b8..c536c2d067 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+0.99.2
+- rework start scripts
+
 0.99.1
-- initial version hts-tvheadend-90e3570
\ No newline at end of file
+- initial version hts-tvheadend-90e3570
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
index b6192ae3a8..613d6795ca 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="hts-tvheadend"
 PKG_VERSION="90e3570"
-PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_REV="2"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/start.sh b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.service
similarity index 54%
rename from packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/start.sh
rename to packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.service
index c9e97d7869..ce5aa960b8 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/start.sh
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.service
@@ -20,64 +20,11 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-XBMC_PID=$1
-APP=$2
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname `readlink -f $0`)
+ADDON_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/addons/service.multimedia.hts-tvheadend"
 ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/service.multimedia.hts-tvheadend"
-PATH="${PATH}:${SCRIPT_DIR}/bin"
-LOG_FILE="${ADDON_HOME}/service.log"
+LOG_FILE="$ADDON_HOME/service.log"
 
-cleanup() {
-  local EXIT_STATUS=$1
-  if [ -n "${EXIT_STATUS}" ];then
-    EXIT_STATUS=0
-  fi
-  kill -15 "${APP_PID}"
-  exit $EXIT_STATUS;
-}
-
-# trap signals for clean shutdown
-  trap cleanup 1 2 3 15
-
-launch_app() {
-  local PID
-  eval "${APP} ${ARG} &>${LOG_FILE} &"
-  APP_PID=$!
-}
-
-pid_is_running() {
-  local PID=${1}
-  for IPID in `ps -o pid | sed 's/[A-Za-z]//g' | sed 's/\ //g'`;do
-    if [ ${IPID} -eq ${PID} ];then
-      return 0
-    fi
-  done
-  return 1
-}
-
-app_prep() {
+TVHEADEND_ARG="-f -C -s -u root -g root -c $ADDON_HOME"
 
 mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
-ARG="-C -s -u root -g root -c $ADDON_HOME"
-
-}
-
-main() {
-	app_prep
-	launch_app "${APP}"
-	pid_is_running "${XBMC_PID}"
-	XBMC_RUNNING=$?
-	pid_is_running "${APP_PID}"
-	APP_RUNNING=$?
-
-	while [ $XBMC_RUNNING -eq 0 -a ${APP_RUNNING} -eq 0 ]; do
-		sleep 1
-		pid_is_running "${XBMC_PID}"
-		XBMC_RUNNING=$?
-		pid_is_running "${APP_PID}"
-		APP_RUNNING=$?
-	done
-}
-
-main
-cleanup
+  tvheadend $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/default.py b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/default.py
index 46f5973704..b386a8df08 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/default.py
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/source/default.py
@@ -20,18 +20,4 @@
 
 import xbmc, time, os, subprocess
 
-dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-script = 'start.sh'
-
-launcher = os.path.join(dir, script)
-app = '/storage/.xbmc/addons/service.multimedia.hts-tvheadend/bin/tvheadend'
-
-os.chmod(launcher, 0755)
-os.chmod(app, 0755)
-
-args = [launcher, str(os.getpid()), app]
-
-p = subprocess.Popen(args)
-print p.pid
-p.wait()
-os.exit(1)
+os.system("tvheadend.service")