diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/dhcp.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/dhcp.cgi
index 82c6b2066..900ea3a9c 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/dhcp.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/dhcp.cgi
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ sub buildconf {
     close FILE;
     if ( $dhcpsettings{"ENABLE_GREEN"} eq 'on' || $dhcpsettings{"ENABLE_BLUE"} eq 'on' ) {system '/usr/local/bin/dhcpctrl enable >/dev/null 2>&1';}
     else {system '/usr/local/bin/dhcpctrl disable >/dev/null 2>&1';}
-    system '/usr/local/bin/dhcpctrl restart >/dev/null 2>&1';
+    system '/usr/local/bin/dhcpctrl restart >/dev/null 2>&1 &';
 }
 
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