diff --git a/www/py-freenit/Makefile b/www/py-freenit/Makefile
index 0e9ac86de410..94275a933bd8 100644
--- a/www/py-freenit/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-freenit/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	freenit
-DISTVERSION=	0.3.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.3.5
 CATEGORIES=	www devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	meka@tilda.center
 COMMENT=	REST API framework based on FastAPI
 WWW=		https://github.com/freenit-framework/backend
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}email-validator>=0:mail/py-email-validator@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fastapi>=0:www/py-fastapi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}passlib>=0:security/py-passlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyjwt>=0:www/py-pyjwt@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uvicorn>=0:www/py-uvicorn@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=0:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-factoryboy>=0:devel/py-pytest-factoryboy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 USE_RC_SUBR=	freenit
 
-TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${WRKSRC}/src
 TEST_ARGS=	--ignore=${PORTNAME}/project
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${WRKSRC}/src
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 SUB_LIST=	PYTHON_VER=${PYTHON_VER}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ORMAR
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ORMAR
 
 ORMAR_DESC=		Support for SQL databases using Ormar
 ORMAR_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}alembic>=0:databases/py-alembic@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ormar>0:databases/py-ormar@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-freenit/distinfo b/www/py-freenit/distinfo
index a4485617285b..d570480932e2 100644
--- a/www/py-freenit/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-freenit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1715669629
-SHA256 (freenit-0.3.3.tar.gz) = bbcadbaa97a8d1bce65ecce062f17acbf6b37eb1bdbd70b32f1c8e87af6f983b
-SIZE (freenit-0.3.3.tar.gz) = 25508
+TIMESTAMP = 1728840766
+SHA256 (freenit-0.3.5.tar.gz) = d0ccbe2be60f1b7fa3ca7d9ac6c463a7a1d37dc2f14a7b628efdcf98751cdbd2
+SIZE (freenit-0.3.5.tar.gz) = 25214
diff --git a/www/py-freenit/files/freenit.in b/www/py-freenit/files/freenit.in
index c3e59410873c..59d56dd7c803 100644
--- a/www/py-freenit/files/freenit.in
+++ b/www/py-freenit/files/freenit.in
@@ -1,36 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # PROVIDE: freenit
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name=freenit
 desc="Freenit backend"
 rcvar=${name}_enable
 load_rc_config $name
 
 : ${freenit_enable:="NO"}
 : ${freenit_project_root:="/usr/local"}
 : ${freenit_workers:="1"}
 : ${freenit_host:="0.0.0.0"}
 : ${freenit_port:="8000"}
 : ${freenit_module:="main:app"}
+: ${freenit_user:="www"}
 
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 start_cmd="${name}_start"
 procname="%%PREFIX%%/bin/python%%PYTHON_VER%%"
 
 freenit_start() {
-  echo -n "Starting ${name} ... "
+  startmsg -n "Starting ${name}"
   cd "${freenit_project_root}"
-  /usr/sbin/daemon -p "${pidfile}" -S "%%PREFIX%%/bin/uvicorn" --host "${freenit_host}" --port "${freenit_port}" --workers "${freenit_workers}" "${freenit_module}"
-  status=$?
-  if [ "${status}" = "0" ]; then
-    echo "done"
-  else
-    echo "failed!"
-  fi
+  /usr/sbin/daemon -u "${freenit_user}" -p "${pidfile}" -S "%%PREFIX%%/bin/uvicorn" --host "${freenit_host}" --port "${freenit_port}" --workers "${freenit_workers}" "${freenit_module}"
+  startmsg "."
 }
 
 run_rc_command $*