diff --git a/init b/init
index bdf6eb7..f2b7644 100755
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ startdaemon(){
 	done
 	logger -t VMS_start -p user.info "Starting with IP $LSST_DDS_IP"
 	echo -n "Starting TS VMS $1:"
-	start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --pidfile ${PIDFILE}_$1.pid --startas $DAEMON -- -p ${PIDFILE}_$1.pid -u vms:vms $1
+	start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --pidfile ${PIDFILE}_$1.pid --exec $DAEMON -- -p ${PIDFILE}_$1.pid -u vms:vms $1
 	echo "done"
 }
 stopdaemon(){