diff --git a/lfs/vnstat b/lfs/vnstat
index e4859be0b..a7b28f3fd 100644
--- a/lfs/vnstat
+++ b/lfs/vnstat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2021  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.7
+VER        = 2.9
 
 THISAPP    = vnstat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = f7b50cccfe4b62bce45751e6029650dc6d8ac7b7925cc4177fb1772c6d842b5201f6834d5e6374016b4c42374660b1c127d5b021adffe873de0a4c484171b6b3
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 1671fe49f3add0087431b57aaa69d4c6280066a299e6899c00cd5bf6ec21380d1457295f884f683ebfb89959eea08a9d900e898a865e3f6ff2a82ecf354d974a
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make all $(MAKETUNING)		LOCAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--enable-readline=yes"
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
+	sed -i 's|^;||g' /etc/vnstat.conf
 	sed -i 's|SaveInterval 5|SaveInterval 1|g' /etc/vnstat.conf
 	sed -i 's|/var/lib/vnstat|/var/log/vnstat|g' /etc/vnstat.conf
 	sed -i 's|/var/log/vnstat/vnstat.log|/var/log/vnstat.log|g' /etc/vnstat.conf