diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/xdpdns.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/xdpdns.cgi
index c9517ee11..350461f6e 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/xdpdns.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/xdpdns.cgi
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ my $sactive = "<table cellpadding='2' cellspacing='0' bgcolor='${Header::colourr
 
 my @status = &General::system_output('/usr/local/bin/xdpdnsctrl', 'status');
 
-if (grep(/is running/, @status)){
+if (grep(/is attached/, @status)){
         $sactive = "<table cellpadding='2' cellspacing='0' bgcolor='${Header::colourgreen}' width='50%'><tr><td align='center'><b><font color='#FFFFFF'>$Lang::tr{'running'}</font></b></td></tr></table>";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/xdpdns b/src/initscripts/system/xdpdns
index 125c3fb02..4135d745a 100755
--- a/src/initscripts/system/xdpdns
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/xdpdns
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ unload_dnsblock () {
         fi
 }
 
+is_xdpdns_attached () {
+        /usr/sbin/xdp-loader status green0 | grep -w 'xdp_dns_denylist' >> /dev/null
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "xdp_dns_denylist is attached to green0"
+        else
+		echo "xdp_dns_denylist is not attached to green0"
+        fi
+}
+
 
 case "$1" in
 	start)
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		;;
 
 	status)
-		statusproc /usr/sbin/xdp_dns_log
+		is_xdpdns_attached
 		;;
 
 	restart)