diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/34_atvclient b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/34_atvclient
index 3197109d10..d28d8fe1a2 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/34_atvclient
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/34_atvclient
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 
 progress "starting ATVclient"
   mkdir -p /storage/.cache
-  atvclient -m > /dev/null 2>&1
\ No newline at end of file
+  atvclient -m > /dev/null 2>&1 &
\ No newline at end of file