diff --git a/lnxrouter b/lnxrouter
index fecd7eb..f5c48b0 100755
--- a/lnxrouter
+++ b/lnxrouter
@@ -1366,6 +1366,7 @@ clean_iptables() {
 
 cleanup() {
     trap "" SIGINT SIGUSR1 SIGUSR2 EXIT SIGTERM
+    touch "$CONFDIR/exit_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.%6N")"
     echo
     echo
     echo "Doing cleanup.. "
@@ -1412,6 +1413,8 @@ init_conf_dirs() {
     #echo "Config dir: $CONFDIR"
     echo $$ > "$CONFDIR/pid"
 
+    touch "$CONFDIR/begin_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.%6N")"
+
     COMMON_CONFDIR="$TMPDIR/lnxrouter_common.conf" # config dir for all instances
     mkdir -p "$COMMON_CONFDIR"
 }