diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh b/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
index af007994..d69a56d3 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ LC_NUMERIC=C
 # Retrieve stats from FTL engine
 pihole-FTL() {
     local ftl_port LINE
-    ftl_port=$(cat /run/pihole-FTL.port 2> /dev/null)
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+    . /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+    ftl_port=$(getFTLAPIPort)
     if [[ -n "$ftl_port" ]]; then
         # Open connection to FTL
         exec 3<>"/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/$ftl_port"
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
index 91e16850..dbf56709 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ PIHOLE_COMMAND="${BIN_DIRECTORY}/pihole"
 PIHOLE_COLTABLE_FILE="${BIN_DIRECTORY}/COL_TABLE"
 
 FTL_PID="${RUN_DIRECTORY}/pihole-FTL.pid"
-FTL_PORT="${RUN_DIRECTORY}/pihole-FTL.port"
 
 PIHOLE_LOG="${LOG_DIRECTORY}/pihole.log"
 PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS="${LOG_DIRECTORY}/pihole.log.[0-9].*"
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ REQUIRED_FILES=("${PIHOLE_CRON_FILE}"
 "${PIHOLE_COMMAND}"
 "${PIHOLE_COLTABLE_FILE}"
 "${FTL_PID}"
-"${FTL_PORT}"
 "${PIHOLE_LOG}"
 "${PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS}"
 "${PIHOLE_DEBUG_LOG}"
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
index 511dfc13..ef7ad219 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ removeKey() {
 
 #######################
 # returns FTL's current telnet API port based on the setting in /etc/pihole-FTL.conf
-#
-# Takes one argument: path to pihole-FTL.port
-# Example getFTLAPIPort "/run/pihole-FTL.port"
-#######################
+########################
 getFTLAPIPort(){
     local FTLCONFFILE="/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf"
     local DEFAULT_FTL_PORT=4711