diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/configd_ctl.py b/src/opnsense/service/configd_ctl.py
index 6fae3e6e7..09ff1891d 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/service/configd_ctl.py
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/configd_ctl.py
@@ -34,35 +34,76 @@
 
 """
 import socket
+import os.path
+import traceback
+import syslog
 import sys
 
 __author__ = 'Ad Schellevis'
 
 configd_socket_name = '/var/run/configd.socket'
 
+
+def exec_config_cmd(exec_command):
+    """ execute command using configd socket
+    :param exec_command: command string
+    :return: string
+    """
+    # Create and open unix domain socket
+    try:
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        sock.connect(configd_socket_name)
+    except socket.error:
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR,'unable to connect to configd socket (@%s)'%configd_socket_name)
+        print('unable to connect to configd socket (@%s)'%configd_socket_name)
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        sock.send(exec_command)
+        data = ""
+        while True:
+            line = sock.recv(4096)
+            if line:
+                data = data + line
+
+            # end of stream marker found, exit
+            if data.find("%c%c%c"%(chr(0),chr(0),chr(0))) > -1:
+                break
+
+        return (data[:-3])
+    except:
+        print ('error in configd communication %s, see syslog for details')
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR,'error in configd communication \n%s'%traceback.format_exc())
+    finally:
+        sock.close()
+
+
+
 # set a timeout to the socket
 socket.setdefaulttimeout(120)
 
+# validate parameters
 if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
-    print 'usage : %s <command>'%sys.argv[0]
+    print ('usage : %s [-m] <command>'%sys.argv[0])
     sys.exit(0)
+
+# check if configd socket exists
+if not os.path.exists(configd_socket_name):
+    print ('configd socket missing (@%s)'%configd_socket_name)
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+if sys.argv[1] == '-m':
+    # execute multiple commands at once ( -m "action1 param .." "action2 param .." )
+    for exec_command in sys.argv[2:]:
+        result=exec_config_cmd(exec_command=exec_command)
+        if result is None:
+            sys.exit(-1)
+        print('%s'%(result))
 else:
-    for exec_command in sys.argv[1:]:
-        # Create and open unix domain socket
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        sock.connect(configd_socket_name)
-        try:
-            sock.send(exec_command)
-            data = ""
-            while True:
-                line = sock.recv(4096)
-                if line:
-                    data = data + line
+    # execute single command sequence
+    exec_command=' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
+    result=exec_config_cmd(exec_command=exec_command)
+    if result is None:
+        sys.exit(-1)
+    print('%s'%(result))
 
-                # end of stream marker found, exit
-                if data.find("%c%c%c"%(chr(0),chr(0),chr(0))) > -1:
-                    break
-
-            print (data[:-3])
-        finally:
-            sock.close()