diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
index 264b3557c8..78796a40b7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
@@ -25,16 +25,23 @@
 [ -f /storage/.config/remote.conf ] && . /storage/.config/remote.conf
 [ -f /storage/.config/lcd.conf ] && . /storage/.config/lcd.conf
 
-if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" -o "$LCD_DRIVER" = "irtrans" ]; then
+case $RUNLEVEL in
+  boot)
+    if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" -o "$LCD_DRIVER" = "irtrans" ]; then
 
-  progress "Starting IRtrans daemon"
+      progress "Starting IRtrans daemon"
 
-  mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
+      mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
 
-  [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && \
-    IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -loglevel 4" # set loglevel in debugmode
+      [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && \
+        IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -loglevel 4" # set loglevel in debugmode
 
-  irserver -logfile /var/log/irserver.log -pidfile /var/run/irserver.pid \
-           $IRSERVER_ARG -daemon /dev/irtrans0 > /dev/null 2>&1
+      irserver -logfile /var/log/irserver.log -pidfile /var/run/irserver.pid \
+               $IRSERVER_ARG -daemon /dev/irtrans0 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+    fi
+    ;;
+
+  poweroff|reboot)
+    ;;
+esac