diff --git a/recipes-extended/um-service-cfg/files/um-service-config.sh b/recipes-extended/um-service-cfg/files/um-service-config.sh
index e2bbd4e..66d29d1 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/um-service-cfg/files/um-service-config.sh
+++ b/recipes-extended/um-service-cfg/files/um-service-config.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 
 # fetch user module status and network informations
 for f in $UM_DTS_NODE/*; do
-    echo "USER_MODULE_${f##*/}=\"`cat $f`\"" | sed -E "s/,|-/_/g"  >> $UM_CONFIG
+    echo "USER_MODULE_${f##*/}=\"`cat $f | tr -d '\0' `\"" | sed -E "s/,|-/_/g"  >> $UM_CONFIG
 done
 
 cat $UM_PORTS >> $UM_CONFIG
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ source $UM_CONFIG
 
 if [[ $USER_MODULE_status = "disabled" ]]; then
     exit 1
-fi
-
-ping $USER_MODULE_ipv4_addr -w 3 -c 1
-
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo $DEBUG_NOTE_ORIGIN: Target with ipv4 $USER_MODULE_ipv4_addr available
+elif [[ $USER_MODULE_status = "okay" ]]; then
     exit 0
-else
-    echo $DEBUG_NOTE_ORIGIN: Target with ipv4 $USER_MODULE_ipv4_addr not available
-    exit 1
 fi
-