diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/ipfireseeder b/config/rootfiles/packages/ipfireseeder
index 55ee61d36..c0745ca00 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/packages/ipfireseeder
+++ b/config/rootfiles/packages/ipfireseeder
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 etc/rc.d/init.d/ipfireseeder
-var/ipfire/seeder
+#var/ipfire/seeder
 var/ipfire/seeder/ipfire-2.3.i586-full.iso.torrent
-var/log/seeder
+#var/log/seeder
+var/log/seeder/info
diff --git a/lfs/ipfireseeder b/lfs/ipfireseeder
index 8e5ba4eb5..98ed134a4 100644
--- a/lfs/ipfireseeder
+++ b/lfs/ipfireseeder
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = ipfireseeder
-PAK_VER    = 4
+PAK_VER    = 5
 
 DEPS       = "rtorrent"
 
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	-mkdir -p /var/log/seeder /var/ipfire/seeder
 	cp -vf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE) /var/ipfire/seeder
+	echo "Folder for IPFireseeder data" > /var/log/seeder/info
 	@$(POSTBUILD)
diff --git a/src/paks/ipfireseeder/uninstall.sh b/src/paks/ipfireseeder/uninstall.sh
index d92c24de1..973a2f92b 100644
--- a/src/paks/ipfireseeder/uninstall.sh
+++ b/src/paks/ipfireseeder/uninstall.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,12 @@
 #
 . /opt/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
 stop_service ${NAME}
+
+#prevent erasing the downloaded data at uninstall/update
+cat /opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/ipfireseeder | \
+    grep -v "var/ipfire/seeder" | \
+    grep -v "var/log/seeder" > /opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/ipfireseeder.tmp
+mv /opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/ipfireseeder.tmp \
+    /opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/ipfireseeder
+
 remove_files