diff --git a/package/base/sysfiles/rocknet_getprofile b/package/base/sysfiles/rocknet_getprofile
index e6d804eeb..2807a8f86 100644
--- a/package/base/sysfiles/rocknet_getprofile
+++ b/package/base/sysfiles/rocknet_getprofile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ip l set eth1 up &> /dev/null
 # maybe we have found that essid
 (
 	sleep 2 # give it some time to get the essid
-	if iwconfig eth1 | grep -q 'ESSID:"MyWLAN"'; then
+	if iwlist eth1 scan | grep -q 'ESSID:"MyWLAN"'; then
 		echo bar > /etc/network/profile
 	fi
 ) &> /dev/null &