diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index ce4ab8e981..9d2350a647 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.90.2
+- depends on xbmc.python API 2.0
+
 1.90.1
 - update to transmission-2.42
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index 6b5a6b30f9..582dd3e953 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
 PKG_VERSION="2.42"
-PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_REV="2"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
index d596a80c98..9e765e077c 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 ADDON_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/addons/service.downloadmanager.transmission"
 ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/service.downloadmanager.transmission"
 LOG_FILE="$ADDON_HOME/service.log"
 
-
 export TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME="$ADDON_DIR/web"
 
 mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ mkdir -p /storage/downloads/incoming
 mkdir -p /storage/downloads/watch
 
 if [ -z "$TRANSMISSION_IP" ]; then
-  TRANSMISSION_IP="*.*.*.*"
+  TRANSMISSION_IP='*.*.*.*'
 fi
 
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -w /storage/downloads"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --incomplete-dir /storage/downloads/incoming
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --watch-dir /storage/downloads/watch"
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -e /var/log/transmission.log"
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -g /storage/.cache/transmission"
-TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -a $TRANSMISSION_IP"
+TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -a '$TRANSMISSION_IP'"
 
 if [ "$TRANSMISSION_AUTH" = "true" ]; then
   TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -t"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/default.py b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/default.py
index d56480efee..3cadc0072b 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/default.py
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/default.py
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-import xbmc, time, os, subprocess
+import os
+import sys
+import xbmcaddon
 
-os.system("transmission.service")
+__scriptname__ = "Transmission BT Client"
+__author__ = "OpenELEC"
+__url__ = "http://www.openelec.tv"
+__settings__   = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='service.downloadmanager.transmission')
+__cwd__        = __settings__.getAddonInfo('path')
+__path__       = xbmc.translatePath( os.path.join( __cwd__, 'bin', "transmission.service") )
+
+os.system(__path__)