diff --git a/plugin/plugins/dynamix.unraid.net.plg b/plugin/plugins/dynamix.unraid.net.plg
index 480916a1a..44c9204dd 100755
--- a/plugin/plugins/dynamix.unraid.net.plg
+++ b/plugin/plugins/dynamix.unraid.net.plg
@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ if [[ "$webguiManifestTs" -gt "$plgManifestTs" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Install the API (previously in rc.d script)
+echo "Extracting and installing the Unraid API"
 
 flash="/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers"
 [[ ! -d "${flash}" ]] && echo "Please reinstall the Unraid Connect plugin" && exit 1
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ source "${flash}/env"
 api_base_directory="/usr/local/unraid-api"
 unraid_binary_path="/usr/local/bin/unraid-api"
 # Ensure installation tgz exists
-[[ ! -f "${flash}/unraid-api.tgz" ]] && echo "Please reinstall the Unraid Connect plugin" && exit 1
+[[ ! -f "${flash}/unraid-api.tgz" ]] && echo "Missing unraid-api.tgz" && exit 1
 # Stop old process
 [[ -f "${unraid_binary_path}" ]] && ${unraid_binary_path} stop
 # Install unraid-api
@@ -868,19 +869,11 @@ else
   # not fatal, previous version of unraid.min.js should still exist in /usr/local/emhttp/webGui/webComps
   echo "Note: ${flash}/webComps/unraid.min.js is missing"
 fi
-cd "${api_base_directory}" && npm link --force
+npm link "${api_base_directory}" --force
 # bail if expected file does not exist
 [[ ! -f "${api_base_directory}/package.json" ]] && echo "unraid-api install failed" && exit 1
-# if nginx is running, start the api. if not, it will be started by rc.nginx
-if /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx status &>/dev/null; then 
-  # Start new process
-  ${unraid_binary_path} start
-  # Note: do not run another unraid-api command until you see "UNRAID API started successfully!" in syslog
-  sleep 3
-  echo "unraid-api installed and started"
-else
-  echo "unraid-api installed"
-fi
+
+${unraid_binary_path} start
 
 # start background process to start flash backup
 echo