diff --git a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/Makefile b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/Makefile
index 93bbf44820..3ea3295c79 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/Makefile
+++ b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI support for Travelmate
 LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base +luci-lib-uqr +travelmate
 
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.4.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
 
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/logtemplate.js b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/logtemplate.js
index c26aa23bbd..2026fffe8f 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/logtemplate.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/logtemplate.js
@@ -12,37 +12,29 @@ function Logview(logtag, name) {
 	return L.view.extend({
 		load: () => Promise.resolve(),
 
-		render: () => {
-			L.Poll.add(() => {
+		render: function () {
+			const pollFn = () => {
 				return callLogRead(1000, false, true).then(res => {
 					const logEl = document.getElementById('logfile');
 					if (!logEl) return;
-
 					const filtered = (res?.log ?? [])
-					.filter(entry => !logtag || entry.msg.includes(logtag))
-					.map(entry => {
-						const d = new Date(entry.time);
-						const date = d.toLocaleDateString([], {
-							year: 'numeric',
-							month: '2-digit',
-							day: '2-digit'
+						.filter(entry => !logtag || entry.msg.includes(logtag))
+						.map(entry => {
+							const d = new Date(entry.time);
+							const pad = n => String(n).padStart(2, '0');
+							const date = `${pad(d.getDate())}/${pad(d.getMonth() + 1)}/${d.getFullYear()}`;
+							const time = `${pad(d.getHours())}:${pad(d.getMinutes())}:${pad(d.getSeconds())}`;
+							return `[${date}-${time}] ${entry.msg}`;
 						});
-						const time = d.toLocaleTimeString([], {
-							hour: '2-digit',
-							minute: '2-digit',
-							second: '2-digit',
-							hour12: false
-						});
-						return `[${date}-${time}] ${entry.msg}`;
-					});
-					if (filtered.length > 0) {
-						logEl.value = filtered.join('\n');
-					} else {
-						logEl.value = _('No %s related logs yet!').format(name);
-					}
+					logEl.value = filtered.length > 0
+						? filtered.join('\n')
+						: _('No %s related logs yet!').format(name);
 					logEl.scrollTop = logEl.scrollHeight;
 				});
-			});
+			};
+
+			this._pollFn = pollFn;
+			L.Poll.add(pollFn);
 
 			return E('div', { class: 'cbi-map' }, [
 				E('div', { class: 'cbi-section' }, [
@@ -58,6 +50,13 @@ function Logview(logtag, name) {
 			]);
 		},
 
+		unload: function () {
+			if (this._pollFn) {
+				L.Poll.remove(this._pollFn);
+				this._pollFn = null;
+			}
+		},
+
 		handleSaveApply: null,
 		handleSave: null,
 		handleReset: null
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/overview.js b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/overview.js
index cc6b133239..7f454f8586 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/overview.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/overview.js
@@ -192,50 +192,78 @@ return view.extend({
 		/*
 			poll runtime information
 		*/
+		let parseErrCount = 0;
 		poll.add(function () {
-			return L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/tmp/trm_runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
-				const status = document.getElementById('status');
-				if (res && res.size > 0) {
-					L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/tmp/trm_runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
-						if (res) {
-							let info = JSON.parse(res);
-							if (status && info) {
-								status.textContent = `${info.data.travelmate_status || '-'} (frontend: ${info.data.frontend_ver || '-'} / backend: ${info.data.backend_ver || '-'})`;
-								if (info.data.travelmate_status.startsWith('running')) {
-									if (!status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
-										status.classList.add("spinning");
-									}
-								} else {
-									if (status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
-										status.classList.remove("spinning");
-									}
-								}
-							} else if (status) {
-								status.textContent = '-';
-								if (status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
-									status.classList.remove("spinning");
-								}
-							}
-							if (info) {
-								setText('station_id', info.data.station_id);
-								setText('station_mac', info.data.station_mac);
-								setText('station_interfaces', info.data.station_interfaces);
-								setText('station_subnet', info.data.station_subnet);
-								setText('run_flags', info.data.run_flags);
-								setText('ext_hooks', info.data.ext_hooks);
-								setText('run', info.data.last_run);
-								setText('sys', info.data.system);
+			return L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
+				if (!res) {
+					return;
+				}
+				return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
+					const status = document.getElementById('status');
+					const buttons = document.querySelectorAll('.cbi-page-actions button');
+					let info = null;
+					try {
+						info = JSON.parse(res);
+						parseErrCount = 0;
+						if (!poll.active()) {
+							poll.start();
+						}
+					} catch (e) {
+						info = null;
+						parseErrCount++;
+						if (status) {
+							status.textContent = '-';
+							buttons.forEach(function (btn) {
+								btn.disabled = false;
+							});
+							status.classList.remove('spinning');
+							if (parseErrCount >= 5) {
+								ui.addNotification(null, E('p', _('Unable to parse the travelmate runtime information!')), 'error');
+								poll.stop();
 							}
 						}
-					});
-				} else if (status) {
-					status.textContent = '-';
-					if (status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
-						status.classList.remove("spinning");
+						return;
 					}
-				}
+					if (status && info) {
+						status.textContent = `${info.data.travelmate_status || '-'} (frontend: ${info.data.frontend_ver || '-'} / backend: ${info.data.backend_ver || '-'})`;
+						if (info.data.travelmate_status === 'processing') {
+							buttons.forEach(function (btn) {
+								btn.disabled = true;
+								btn.blur();
+							});
+							if (!status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
+								status.classList.add("spinning");
+							}
+						} else {
+							if (status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
+								status.classList.remove("spinning");
+							}
+							buttons.forEach(function (btn) {
+								btn.disabled = false;
+							});
+						}
+					} else if (status) {
+						status.textContent = '-';
+						if (status.classList.contains("spinning")) {
+							status.classList.remove("spinning");
+						}
+						buttons.forEach(function (btn) {
+							btn.disabled = false;
+						});
+					}
+					if (info) {
+						setText('station_id', info.data.station_id);
+						setText('station_mac', info.data.station_mac);
+						setText('station_interfaces', info.data.station_interfaces);
+						setText('station_subnet', info.data.station_subnet);
+						setText('run_flags', info.data.run_flags);
+						setText('ext_hooks', info.data.ext_hooks);
+						setText('run', info.data.last_run);
+						setText('sys', info.data.system);
+					}
+				});
 			});
-		}, 1);
+		}, 2);
 
 		/*
 			runtime information and buttons
@@ -357,6 +385,10 @@ return view.extend({
 		o.default = 0;
 		o.rmempty = false;
 
+		o = s.taboption('general', form.Flag, 'trm_eviltwin', _('Evil Twin Protection'), _('Detect and skip access points with locally administered (LAA) BSSIDs to mitigate evil twin attacks.'));
+		o.default = 0;
+		o.rmempty = false;
+
 		o = s.taboption('general', form.Flag, 'trm_autoadd', _('AutoAdd Open Uplinks'), _('Automatically add open uplinks like hotel captive portals to your wireless config.'));
 		o.default = 0;
 		o.rmempty = false;
@@ -400,9 +432,9 @@ return view.extend({
 		o.datatype = 'range(1,60)';
 		o.rmempty = true;
 
-		o = s.taboption('additional', form.Value, 'trm_maxretry', _('Connection Limit'), _('Retry limit to connect to an uplink.'));
+		o = s.taboption('additional', form.Value, 'trm_maxretry', _('Connection Limit'), _('Retry limit to connect to an uplink. Use \'0\' for unlimited retries.'));
 		o.placeholder = '3';
-		o.datatype = 'range(1,10)';
+		o.datatype = 'range(0,10)';
 		o.rmempty = true;
 
 		o = s.taboption('additional', form.Value, 'trm_minquality', _('Signal Quality Threshold'), _('Minimum signal quality threshold as percent for conditional uplink (dis-) connections.'));
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/stations.js b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/stations.js
index f92b8ae4f3..337bb193a4 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/stations.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/travelmate/stations.js
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ function handleSectionsAdd(iface) {
 			uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'device', w_sections[i].device);
 			uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'ssid', w_sections[i].ssid);
 			uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'bssid', w_sections[i].bssid);
-			uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'con_start_expiry', '0');
-			uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'con_end_expiry', '0');
 			if (vpn_stdservice && vpn_stdiface) {
 				uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'vpn', '1');
 				uci.set('travelmate', sid, 'vpnservice', vpn_stdservice);
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ function handleSectionsAdd(iface) {
 	update travelmate sections
 */
 function handleSectionsVal(action, section_id, option, value) {
-	let date, oldValue, w_device, w_ssid, w_bssid, t_sections;
+	let w_device, w_ssid, w_bssid, t_sections;
 
 	w_device = uci.get('wireless', section_id, 'device');
 	w_ssid = uci.get('wireless', section_id, 'ssid');
@@ -148,15 +146,6 @@ function handleSectionsVal(action, section_id, option, value) {
 			if (action === 'get') {
 				return t_sections[i][option];
 			} else if (action === 'set') {
-				if (option === 'enabled') {
-					oldValue = t_sections[i][option];
-					if (oldValue !== value && value === '0') {
-						date = new Date(new Date().getTime() - new Date().getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000).toISOString().substring(0, 19).replace(/-/g, '.').replace('T', '-');
-						uci.set('travelmate', t_sections[i]['.name'], 'con_end', date);
-					} else if (oldValue !== value && value === '1') {
-						uci.unset('travelmate', t_sections[i]['.name'], 'con_end');
-					}
-				}
 				return uci.set('travelmate', t_sections[i]['.name'], option, value);
 			} else if (action === 'del') {
 				return uci.unset('travelmate', t_sections[i]['.name'], option);
@@ -169,11 +158,12 @@ function handleSectionsVal(action, section_id, option, value) {
 	update travelmate status
 */
 function handleStatus() {
+	let parseErrCount = 0;
 	poll.add(function () {
-		L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/var/state/travelmate.refresh'), null).then(function (res) {
+		L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.refresh'), null).then(function (res) {
 			if (res) {
-				return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/state/travelmate.refresh'), null).then(async function (res) {
-					fs.remove('/var/state/travelmate.refresh');
+				return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.refresh'), null).then(async function (res) {
+					fs.remove('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.refresh');
 					if (res && res === 'ui_reload') {
 						location.reload();
 					} else if (res && res === 'cfg_reload') {
@@ -196,17 +186,29 @@ function handleStatus() {
 				});
 			}
 		});
-		return L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/tmp/trm_runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
+		return L.resolveDefault(fs.stat('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
 			if (res) {
-				return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/tmp/trm_runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
+				return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.runtime.json'), null).then(function (res) {
 					if (res) {
-						let info = JSON.parse(res);
+						let info = null;
+						try {
+							info = JSON.parse(res);
+							parseErrCount = 0;
+						} catch (e) {
+							parseErrCount++;
+							if (parseErrCount >= 5) {
+								ui.addNotification(null, E('p', _('Unable to parse the travelmate runtime information!')), 'error');
+								poll.stop();
+							}
+							return;
+						}
 						if (info) {
+							const vpnMatch = (info.data.ext_hooks || '').match(/vpn:\s*(.)/);
 							let t_device, t_ssid, t_bssid, newUplinkView, uplinkColor,
 								uplinkId = info.data.station_id.trim().split('/'),
 								oldUplinkView = document.getElementsByName('uplinkStation'),
 								w_sections = uci.sections('wireless', 'wifi-iface'),
-								vpnStatus = info.data.ext_hooks.substr(13, 1);
+								vpnStatus = vpnMatch ? vpnMatch[1] : '✘';
 							t_device = uplinkId[0];
 							t_bssid = uplinkId[uplinkId.length - 1];
 							for (let i = 1; i < uplinkId.length - 1; i++) {
@@ -552,28 +554,6 @@ return view.extend({
 			return handleSectionsVal('get', section_id, 'bssid');
 		}
 
-		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.Value, '_con_start', _('Connection Start'));
-		o.modalonly = true;
-		o.uciconfig = 'travelmate';
-		o.ucisection = 'uplink';
-		o.ucioption = 'con_start';
-		o.rmempty = true;
-		o.readonly = true;
-		o.cfgvalue = function (section_id) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('get', section_id, 'con_start');
-		}
-
-		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.Value, '_con_end', _('Connection End'));
-		o.modalonly = true;
-		o.uciconfig = 'travelmate';
-		o.ucisection = 'uplink';
-		o.ucioption = 'con_end';
-		o.rmempty = true;
-		o.readonly = true;
-		o.cfgvalue = function (section_id) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('get', section_id, 'con_end');
-		}
-
 		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.Flag, '_opensta', _('Auto Added Open Uplink'),
 			_('This option is selected by default if this uplink was added automatically and counts as \'Open Uplink\'.'));
 		o.rmempty = true;
@@ -618,42 +598,6 @@ return view.extend({
 			return handleSectionsVal('set', section_id, 'macaddr', value);
 		}
 
-		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.Value, '_con_start_expiry', _('Connection Start Expiry'),
-			_('Automatically disable the uplink after <em>n</em> minutes, e.g. for timed connections.<br /> \
-			The default of \'0\' disables this feature.'));
-		o.modalonly = true;
-		o.uciconfig = 'travelmate';
-		o.ucisection = 'uplink';
-		o.ucioption = 'con_start_expiry';
-		o.rmempty = false;
-		o.placeholder = '0';
-		o.default = '0';
-		o.datatype = 'range(0,720)';
-		o.cfgvalue = function (section_id) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('get', section_id, 'con_start_expiry');
-		}
-		o.write = function (section_id, value) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('set', section_id, 'con_start_expiry', value);
-		}
-
-		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.Value, '_con_end_expiry', _('Connection End Expiry'),
-			_('Automatically (re-)enable the uplink after <em>n</em> minutes, e.g. after failed login attempts.<br /> \
-			The default of \'0\' disables this feature.'));
-		o.modalonly = true;
-		o.uciconfig = 'travelmate';
-		o.ucisection = 'uplink';
-		o.ucioption = 'con_end_expiry';
-		o.rmempty = false;
-		o.placeholder = '0';
-		o.default = '0';
-		o.datatype = 'range(0,720)';
-		o.cfgvalue = function (section_id) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('get', section_id, 'con_end_expiry');
-		}
-		o.write = function (section_id, value) {
-			return handleSectionsVal('set', section_id, 'con_end_expiry', value);
-		}
-
 		o = s.taboption('travelmate', form.FileUpload, '_script', _('Auto Login Script'),
 			_('External script reference which will be called for automated captive portal logins.'));
 		o.root_directory = '/etc/travelmate';
@@ -823,7 +767,7 @@ return view.extend({
 
 			return L.resolveDefault(fs.exec_direct('/etc/init.d/travelmate', ['scan', radio]))
 				.then(L.bind(function () {
-					return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/run/travelmate.scan'), '')
+					return L.resolveDefault(fs.read_direct('/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.scan'), '')
 						.then(L.bind(function (res) {
 							let lines, strength, channel, bssid, wpa, cipher, auth, tbl_ssid, ssid, rows = [];
 
@@ -1213,4 +1157,4 @@ return view.extend({
 		return m.render();
 	},
 	handleReset: null
-});
+});
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diff --git a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-travelmate.json b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-travelmate.json
index 2642282dfd..d47114b17e 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-travelmate/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-travelmate.json
+++ b/applications/luci-app-travelmate/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-travelmate.json
@@ -3,27 +3,60 @@
 		"description": "Grant access to LuCI app travelmate",
 		"write": {
 			"file": {
-				"/var/state/travelmate.refresh": [ "write" ]
+				"/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.refresh": [
+					"write"
+				]
 			},
-			"uci": [ "travelmate" ]
+			"uci": [
+				"travelmate"
+			]
 		},
 		"read": {
-			"cgi-io": [ "exec" ],
+			"cgi-io": [
+				"exec"
+			],
 			"file": {
-				"/etc/travelmate/*.login": [ "list" ],
-				"/var/run/travelmate.pid": [ "read" ],
-				"/var/run/travelmate.scan": [ "read" ],
-				"/var/state/travelmate.refresh": [ "read" ],
-				"/tmp/trm_runtime.json": [ "read" ],
-				"/sbin/ifup *": [ "exec" ],
-				"/etc/init.d/travelmate start" : [ "exec" ],
-				"/etc/init.d/travelmate restart" : [ "exec" ],
-				"/etc/init.d/travelmate stop" : [ "exec" ],
-				"/etc/init.d/travelmate setup [0-9a-z_]* [0-9a-z_]* [0-9]*" : [ "exec" ],
-				"/etc/init.d/travelmate scan radio[0-9]" : [ "exec" ]
+				"/etc/travelmate/*.login": [
+					"list"
+				],
+				"/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.pid": [
+					"read"
+				],
+				"/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.scan": [
+					"read"
+				],
+				"/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.refresh": [
+					"read"
+				],
+				"/var/run/travelmate/travelmate.runtime.json": [
+					"read"
+				],
+				"/sbin/ifup *": [
+					"exec"
+				],
+				"/etc/init.d/travelmate start": [
+					"exec"
+				],
+				"/etc/init.d/travelmate restart": [
+					"exec"
+				],
+				"/etc/init.d/travelmate stop": [
+					"exec"
+				],
+				"/etc/init.d/travelmate setup *": [
+					"exec"
+				],
+				"/etc/init.d/travelmate scan *": [
+					"exec"
+				]
 			},
-			"uci": [ "travelmate", "wireless" ],
-			"log": [ "read" ]
+			"uci": [
+				"travelmate",
+				"wireless"
+			],
+			"log": [
+				"read"
+			]
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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