diff --git a/openbsc/debian/osmocom-nitb.init b/openbsc/debian/osmocom-nitb.init
index 8373ce7..b700dea 100755
--- a/openbsc/debian/osmocom-nitb.init
+++ b/openbsc/debian/osmocom-nitb.init
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC=osmo-nitb             # Introduce a short description here
-NAME=osmo-nitb             # Introduce the short server's name here
-DAEMON=/usr/sbin/osmo-nitb # Introduce the server's location here
-DAEMON_ARGS="-D"           # Arguments to run the daemon with
+NAME=osmocom-nitb          # Introduce the short server's name here
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/osmo-nitb  # Introduce the server's location here
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
-DAEMON_ARGS="$DAEMON_ARGS -c $CONFIG_FILE"
+DAEMON_ARGS="$DAEMON_ARGS -D -c $CONFIG_FILE"
 
 #
 # Function that starts the daemon/service