diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/init.d/33_lcdproc b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/init.d/33_lcdproc
index a64dcfcb81..8d3480afc8 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/init.d/33_lcdproc
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/init.d/33_lcdproc
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
-[ -f /storage/.config/lcd.conf ] && . /storage/.config/lcd.conf
+(
+  [ -f /storage/.config/lcd.conf ] && . /storage/.config/lcd.conf || exit 0
 
-if [ ! "$LCD_DRIVER" = "none" -a -z "$LCD_DRIVER" ]; then
+  if [ ! "$LCD_DRIVER" = none ]; then
 
-  progress "Starting LCD daemon"
+    progress "Starting LCD daemon with driver: $LCD_DRIVER"
 
-  LCDd -c /etc/LCDd.conf -d $LCD_DRIVER > /dev/null 2>&1
+    usleep 10000000 # sleep 10sec. to for irserver loading
 
-fi
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+    LCDd -c /etc/LCDd.conf -d $LCD_DRIVER > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+  fi
+)&
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