diff --git a/roles/routeros/files/routeros-poe-mqtt-publish.sh b/roles/routeros/files/routeros-poe-mqtt-publish.sh
index 1b5afd5..d622f2a 100644
--- a/roles/routeros/files/routeros-poe-mqtt-publish.sh
+++ b/roles/routeros/files/routeros-poe-mqtt-publish.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ snmp_get() {
 }
 
 # only run script if first vrrp interface is in master state
-for state in /run/keepalived/*.state ; do
-    if [ "$(cat "$state")" != "MASTER" ]; then
-        exit 0
-    fi
-    break
-done
+if [ "${1:-}" != "-f" ]; then
+    for state in /run/keepalived/*.state ; do
+        if [ "$(cat "$state")" != "MASTER" ]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+        break
+    done
+fi
 
 ldapsearch -Q -LLL "(&(objectClass=device)(description=MikroTik *))" cn | \
     awk '{ if ($1 == "cn:") print $2 }' | while read -r name