diff --git a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-apply b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-apply
index fd3e46b41..21b2c6e9c 100644
--- a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-apply
+++ b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-apply
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [ "$enabled" = "1" ]; then
         /etc/init.d/dnsdist restart
     fi
     /usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth
-    crontab -l | grep -q '/usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth' || echo '*/30 * * * * sleep $$(( RANDOM % 60 )); /usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth' >> /etc/crontabs/root
+    crontab -l | grep -q '/usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth' || echo '*/30 * * * * sleep $(( RANDOM % 60 )); /usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth' >> /etc/crontabs/root
 else
     crontab -l | grep -v '/usr/share/ns-flashstart/flashstart-auth' | sort | uniq | crontab -
     rm -f "$conf"
diff --git a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-auth b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-auth
index 49c443364..5fe8cb7c4 100644
--- a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-auth
+++ b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/flashstart-auth
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from euci import EUci
 from nethsec import utils
 import subprocess
+import sys
+import syslog
 
 u = EUci()
 
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ for wan in utils.get_all_wan_devices(u):
     else:
         id = user
     url = f"https://ddns.flashstart.com/nic/update?hostname=&myip=&wildcard=NOCHG&username={id}&password={password}"
-    cmd = ["curl", "-s", "-o", "/dev/null", "--interface", wan, url]
-    subprocess.run(cmd)
+    cmd = ["curl", "-s", "--connect-timeout", "10", "--interface", wan, url]
+    res = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if res.returncode != 0:
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, f'Failed to update IP for WAN {wan} -> {id} with error: {res.stdout}')
     counter = counter + 1