diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7af777b0..d9e26297 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.07.0
+24.07.1
diff --git a/app/pktgen-constants.h b/app/pktgen-constants.h
index bd842c87..bc803df9 100644
--- a/app/pktgen-constants.h
+++ b/app/pktgen-constants.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ enum {
  * For Jumbo frame buffers lets use MTU 9216 + FCS(4) + L2(14) = 9234, for buffer size we use 10KB
  */
 #define _MBUF_LEN (PG_JUMBO_FRAME_LEN + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM + sizeof(struct rte_mbuf))
-// #define DEFAULT_MBUF_SIZE RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/app/pktgen-main.c b/app/pktgen-main.c
index 2409212e..3f113fbd 100644
--- a/app/pktgen-main.c
+++ b/app/pktgen-main.c
@@ -485,6 +485,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     pktgen_timer_setup();
 
+#ifdef LUA_ENABLED
+    if (pktgen.flags & IS_SERVER_FLAG) {
+        pktgen.ld_sock = lua_create_instance();
+        if (pktgen.ld_sock == NULL) {
+            pktgen_log_error("Failed to open Lua socket server support library");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (lua_start_socket(pktgen.ld_sock, &pktgen.thread, pktgen.hostname, pktgen.socket_port) <
+            0) {
+            pktgen_log_error("Failed to start Lua socket server thread");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     /* Unblock SIGWINCH so main thread
      * can handle screen resizes */
     sigemptyset(&set);
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 741f8f1d..4ee2f0e9 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Pktgen-DPDK - Traffic Generator powered by DPDK
 ** (Pktgen) Sounds like 'Packet-Gen'**
 
 **=== Modifications ===**
+ - 24.07.1 - add back support for Lua socket support.
  - 24.07.0 - fix TX errors of packets greater then 100 bytes as MTU size was wrong.
              Add support for UDP/TCP packets in pktperf application.
              Update version date.