diff --git a/ffac-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh b/ffac-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 58b2e0bb..00000000
--- a/ffac-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#################
-# safety checks #
-#################
-log_debug()  {
-	if [ "${SETTINGS_DEBUG_LOGGING}" = "1" ]; then
-		logger -t "ffac-ssid-changer" -p debug "$@"
-	fi
-}
-
-safety_exit() {
-	log_debug "$1, exiting with error code 2"
-	exit 2
-}
-SETTINGS_DEBUG_LOGGING="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.debug_log_enabled)"
-: "${SETTINGS_DEBUG_LOGGING:="0"}"
-
-pgrep -f autoupdater >/dev/null && safety_exit 'autoupdater running'
-UT=$(sed 's/\..*//g' /proc/uptime)
-[ "$UT" -gt 60 ] || safety_exit 'less than one minute'
-[ "$(find /var/run -name "hostapd-*" | wc -l)" -gt 0 ] || safety_exit 'no hostapd-*'
-
-# only once every timeframe minutes the SSID will change to the Offline-SSID
-# (set to 1 minute to change immediately every time the router gets offline)
-MINUTES="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.switch_timeframe)"
-: "${MINUTES:=30}"
-
-# the first few minutes directly after reboot within which an Offline-SSID always may be activated
-# (must be <= switch_timeframe)
-FIRST="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.first)"
-: "${FIRST:=5}"
-
-# the Offline-SSID will start with this prefix use something short to leave space for the nodename
-# (no '~' allowed!)
-
-PREFIX="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.prefix)"
-: "${PREFIX:=FF_Offline_}"
-
-if [ "$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.enabled)" = '0' ]; then
-	DISABLED='1'
-else
-	DISABLED='0'
-fi
-
-# generate the ssid with either 'nodename', 'mac' or to use only the prefix set to 'none'
-SETTINGS_SUFFIX="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.suffix)"
-: "${SETTINGS_SUFFIX:=nodename}"
-
-if [ "$SETTINGS_SUFFIX" = 'nodename' ]; then
-	SUFFIX="$(uname -n)"
-	# 32 would be possible as well
-	if [ ${#SUFFIX} -gt $((30 - ${#PREFIX})) ]; then
-		# calculate the length of the first part of the node identifier in the offline-ssid
-		max_suffix_length=$(( (28 - ${#PREFIX} ) / 2 ))
-		# use the first and last part of the nodename for nodes with long name
-		suffix_first_chars="$(printf '%s' "$SUFFIX" | head -c ${max_suffix_length})"
-		suffix_last_chars="$(printf '%s' "$SUFFIX" | tail -c ${max_suffix_length})"
-		SUFFIX="${suffix_first_chars}...${suffix_last_chars}"
-	fi
-elif [ "$SETTINGS_SUFFIX" = 'mac' ]; then
-	SUFFIX="$(uci -q get network.bat0.macaddr | /bin/sed 's/://g')"
-else
-	# 'none'
-	SUFFIX=''
-fi
-
-OFFLINE_SSID="$PREFIX$SUFFIX"
-
-# temp file to count the offline incidents during switch_timeframe
-TMP=/tmp/ssid-changer-count
-if [ ! -f $TMP ]; then echo "0">$TMP; fi
-OFF_COUNT=$(cat $TMP)
-
-TQ_LIMIT_ENABLED="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_enabled)"
-# if true, the offline ssid will only be set if there is no gateway reachable
-# upper and lower limit to turn the offline_ssid on and off
-# in-between these two values the SSID will never be changed to prevent it from toggling every Minute.
-: "${TQ_LIMIT_ENABLED:=0}"
-
-if [ "$TQ_LIMIT_ENABLED" = 1 ]; then
-	TQ_LIMIT_MAX="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_max)"
-	#  upper limit, above that the online SSID will be used
-	: "${TQ_LIMIT_MAX:=45}"
-	TQ_LIMIT_MIN="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_min)"
-	#  lower limit, below that the offline SSID will be used
-	: "${TQ_LIMIT_MIN:=35}"
-	# grep the connection quality of the currently used gateway
-	GATEWAY_TQ=0
-	if [ -f /var/gluon/state/has_default_gw4 ]; then
-		GATEWAY_TQ="$(batctl gwl -H | grep -e "^\*" | awk -F'[()]' '{print $2}' | tr -d " ")"
-	fi
-
-	MSG="TQ is $GATEWAY_TQ, "
-
-	if [ "$GATEWAY_TQ" -ge "$TQ_LIMIT_MAX" ]; then
-		CHECK=1
-	elif [ "$GATEWAY_TQ" -lt "$TQ_LIMIT_MIN" ]; then
-		CHECK=0
-	else
-		# this is just get a clean run if we are in-between the grace period
-		log_debug "TQ is $GATEWAY_TQ, do nothing"
-		exit 0
-	fi
-else
-	MSG=""
-	if [ -f /var/gluon/state/has_default_gw4 ]; then
-		CHECK=1
-	else
-		CHECK=0
-	fi
-fi
-
-UP=$((UT / 60))
-M=$((UP % MINUTES))
-
-if [ "$CHECK" -gt 0 ] || [ "$DISABLED" = '1' ]; then
-	log_debug "$MSG node is online"
-	uci revert wireless
-	wifi reconf
-elif [ "$CHECK" -eq 0 ]; then
-	log_debug "$MSG node is considered offline"
-	if [ $UP -lt "$FIRST" ] || [ $M -eq 0 ]; then
-		# set SSID offline, only if uptime is less than FIRST or exactly a multiplicative of switch_timeframe
-		if [ $UP -lt "$FIRST" ]; then
-			T=$FIRST
-		else
-			T=$MINUTES
-		fi
-		#echo minute $M, check if $OFF_COUNT is more than half of $T
-		if [ "$OFF_COUNT" -ge $((T / 2)) ]; then
-			# node was offline more times than half of switch_timeframe (or than $FIRST)
-			OWE0="$(uci -q get wireless.owe_radio0.ssid)"
-			[ -n "$OWE0" ] && uci set wireless.owe_radio1.enabled=0
-			OWE1="$(uci -q get wireless.owe_radio1.ssid)"
-			[ -n "$OWE1" ] && uci set wireless.owe_radio1.enabled=0
-			CLIENT0="$(uci -q get wireless.client_radio0.ssid)"
-			[ -n "$CLIENT0" ] && uci set wireless.client_radio0.ssid="$OFFLINE_SSID"
-			CLIENT1="$(uci -q get wireless.client_radio1.ssid)"
-			[ -n "$CLIENT1" ] && uci set wireless.client_radio1.ssid="$OFFLINE_SSID"
-			CLIENT2="$(uci -q get wireless.client_radio2.ssid)"
-			[ -n "$CLIENT2" ] && uci set wireless.client_radio2.ssid="$OFFLINE_SSID"
-
-			wifi reconf
-		fi
-		#else echo minute $M, just count $OFF_COUNT
-	fi
-	echo "$((OFF_COUNT + 1))">$TMP
-fi
-
-if [ $M -eq 0 ]; then
-	# set counter to 0 if the timeframe is over
-	echo "0">$TMP
-fi
diff --git a/ffac-ssid-changer/files/usr/lib/micron.d/ssid-changer b/ffac-ssid-changer/files/usr/lib/micron.d/ssid-changer
index e3a99fa4..1c76b6ef 100644
--- a/ffac-ssid-changer/files/usr/lib/micron.d/ssid-changer
+++ b/ffac-ssid-changer/files/usr/lib/micron.d/ssid-changer
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* * * * * /lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
+* * * * * /lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.lua
diff --git a/ffac-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.lua b/ffac-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.lua
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3121ac31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffac-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/lua
+
+local uci = require('simple-uci').cursor()
+
+-- Safety check functions
+local function log_debug(...)
+    if uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'debug_log_enabled') == '1' then
+        os.execute('logger -t "ffac-ssid-changer" -p debug "' .. table.concat({...}, ' ') .. '"')
+    end
+end
+
+local function safety_exit(message)
+    log_debug(message .. ", exiting with error code 2")
+    os.exit(2)
+end
+
+-- Check if the script is enabled
+if uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'enabled') == '0' then
+    os.exit(0)  -- Exit silently if the script is disabled
+end
+
+-- Check for autoupdater running
+local function is_autoupdater_running()
+    local handle = io.popen('pgrep -f autoupdater')
+    local result = handle:read("*a")
+    handle:close()
+    return result ~= ''
+end
+
+if is_autoupdater_running() then
+    safety_exit('autoupdater running')
+end
+
+-- Read uptime
+local function get_uptime()
+    local file = io.open('/proc/uptime', 'r')
+    local uptime = file:read("*n")  -- Read only the first number (uptime in seconds)
+    file:close()
+    return uptime
+end
+
+local uptime = get_uptime()
+local uptime_minutes = math.floor(uptime / 60)
+local monitor_duration = tonumber(uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'switch_timeframe') or 30)
+local is_switch_time = uptime_minutes % monitor_duration
+
+if uptime < 60 then
+    safety_exit('uptime less than one minute')
+end
+
+-- Check for hostapd processes
+local function has_hostapd_processes()
+    local handle = io.popen('find /var/run -name "hostapd-*.conf" | wc -l')
+    local result = handle:read("*a")
+    handle:close()
+    return tonumber(result) > 0
+end
+
+if not has_hostapd_processes() then
+    safety_exit('no hostapd-*')
+end
+
+-- Generate the offline SSID
+local function calculate_offline_ssid()
+    local prefix = uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'prefix') or 'FF_Offline_'
+    local settings_suffix = uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'suffix') or 'nodename'
+    local suffix
+
+    if settings_suffix == 'nodename' then
+        suffix = io.popen('uname -n'):read("*a"):gsub("%s+", "")
+        if #suffix > (30 - #prefix) then
+            local max_suffix_length = math.floor((28 - #prefix) / 2)
+            local suffix_first_chars = suffix:sub(1, max_suffix_length)
+            local suffix_last_chars = suffix:sub(-max_suffix_length)
+            suffix = suffix_first_chars .. '...' .. suffix_last_chars
+        end
+    elseif settings_suffix == 'mac' then
+        suffix = io.popen('uci -q get network.bat0.macaddr | sed "s/://g"'):read("*a"):gsub("%s+", "")
+    else
+        suffix = ''
+    end
+
+    return prefix .. suffix
+end
+
+local offline_ssid = calculate_offline_ssid()
+
+-- Count offline incidents
+local tmp = '/tmp/ssid-changer-count'
+local off_count = 0
+local file = io.open(tmp, 'r')
+
+if file then
+    off_count = tonumber(file:read("*a")) or 0
+    file:close()
+else
+    file = io.open(tmp, 'w')
+    file:write("0")
+    file:close()
+end
+
+local function calculate_tq_limit()
+    local tq_limit_max = tonumber(uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'tq_limit_max') or 45)
+    local tq_limit_min = tonumber(uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'tq_limit_min') or 35)
+    local gateway_tq
+
+    local handle = io.popen('batctl gwl -H | grep -e "^\\*" | awk -F"[()]" "{print $2}" | tr -d " "')
+    gateway_tq = tonumber(handle:read("*a"))
+    handle:close()
+
+    if gateway_tq then
+        if gateway_tq >= tq_limit_max then
+            return 'online'
+        elseif gateway_tq < tq_limit_min then
+            return 'offline'
+        end
+    end
+
+    return nil
+end
+
+local function has_default_gw4()
+    local default_gw4 = io.open('/var/gluon/state/has_default_gw4', 'r')
+    if default_gw4 then
+        default_gw4:close()
+        return true
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
+local status
+if has_default_gw4() then
+    local tq_limit_enabled = tonumber(uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'tq_limit_enabled') or 0)
+
+if tq_limit_enabled == 1 then
+    status = calculate_tq_limit()
+else
+        status = 'online'
+    end
+else
+    status = 'offline'
+end
+
+if status == 'online' then
+    log_debug("node is online")
+    os.execute('uci revert wireless && wifi reconf')
+elseif status == 'offline' then
+    log_debug("node is considered offline")
+    local first = tonumber(uci:get('ssid-changer', 'settings', 'first') or 5)
+    -- set SSID offline, only if uptime is less than FIRST or exactly a multiplicative of switch_timeframe
+    if uptime_minutes < first or is_switch_time == 0 then
+
+        -- check if off_count is more than half of the monitor duration
+        if off_count >= math.floor(monitor_duration / 2) then
+            -- if has been offline for at least half checks in monitor duration
+            -- set the SSID to the offline SSID
+            -- and disable owe client radios
+            for i = 0, 2 do
+                local client_ssid = uci:get('wireless', 'client_radio' .. i, 'ssid')
+                if client_ssid then
+                    uci:set('wireless', 'client_radio' .. i, 'ssid', offline_ssid)
+                end
+
+                local owe_ssid = uci:get('wireless', 'owe_radio' .. i, 'ssid')
+                if owe_ssid then
+                    uci:set('wireless', 'owe_radio' .. i, 'enabled', 0)
+                end
+                uci:save('wireless')
+            end
+            os.execute('wifi reconf')
+        end
+    end
+    off_count = off_count + 1
+    file = io.open(tmp, 'w')
+    file:write(tostring(off_count))
+    file:close()
+end
+
+if is_switch_time == 0 then
+    file = io.open(tmp, 'w')
+    file:write("0")
+    file:close()
+end