diff --git a/data/hooks/conf_regen/01-yunohost b/data/hooks/conf_regen/01-yunohost
index 96b62fe67..f8bef0614 100755
--- a/data/hooks/conf_regen/01-yunohost
+++ b/data/hooks/conf_regen/01-yunohost
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ with open('/etc/yunohost/services.yml') as f:
 updated = False
 for service, conf in new_services.items():
     # remove service with empty conf
-    if not conf:
+    if conf is None:
         if service in services:
             print("removing '{0}' from services".format(service))
             del services[service]
diff --git a/data/templates/yunohost/services.yml b/data/templates/yunohost/services.yml
index 97745890b..514cf5258 100644
--- a/data/templates/yunohost/services.yml
+++ b/data/templates/yunohost/services.yml
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ yunohost-firewall:
 nslcd:
    status: service
    log: /var/log/syslog
-nsswitch:
-   status: service
-udisks2:
-   status: service
+nsswitch: {}
+bind9: null
+tahoe-lafs: null
+memcached: null
+udisks2: null
+udisk-glue: null
 amavis: null
 postgrey: null
 spamassassin: null
diff --git a/src/yunohost/service.py b/src/yunohost/service.py
index c648a0e0e..e64c9cd89 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/service.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/service.py
@@ -201,11 +201,12 @@ def service_status(names=[]):
                                   m18n.n('service_unknown', service=name))
 
         status = None
-        if 'status' not in services[name] or \
-                services[name]['status'] == 'service':
+        if services[name].get('status') == 'service':
             status = 'service %s status' % name
-        else:
+        elif "status" in services[name]:
             status = str(services[name]['status'])
+        else:
+            continue
 
         runlevel = 5
         if 'runlevel' in services[name].keys():