diff --git a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
index 060e913316..6ab7646872 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=monit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.18}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.19.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/system/monit/monit.info b/system/monit/monit.info
index 9882485aef..f0ae54f1a9 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.info
+++ b/system/monit/monit.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="monit"
-VERSION="5.18"
+VERSION="5.19.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://mmonit.com/monit/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.18.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a1bfac0fbb83439435f8616200d2364d"
+DOWNLOAD="https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.19.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="51ee50dd71e1bb9fe9a128bc88456b77"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/system/monit/rc.monit b/system/monit/rc.monit
index b68e373eac..2bb7a1eafd 100644
--- a/system/monit/rc.monit
+++ b/system/monit/rc.monit
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ start() {
 
 stop() {
   echo "Shutting down $desc ($prog)..."
-  monit quit
+  $prog -c $CONFIG quit
   return $?
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ reload() {
 }
 
 status() {
-  monit status
+  $prog -c $CONFIG status
   return $?
 }