diff --git a/scripts/akka-init-script.sh b/scripts/akka-init-script.sh
index 5a64ea5039..752d675b55 100644
--- a/scripts/akka-init-script.sh
+++ b/scripts/akka-init-script.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ NAME="cool"
 DAEMON=/usr/bin/java
 export AKKA_HOME=/var/.../servers/akka
 AKKA_JAR=$AKKA_HOME/akka.jar
-LOG4J=$AKKA_HOME/config/log4j.properties
+LOGBACK=$AKKA_HOME/config/logback.xml
 JVMFLAGS="-Xms512M -Xmx3072M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -
-Dlog4j.configuration=file://"$LOG4J
+Dlogback.configurationFile="$LOGBACK
 DAEMON_ARGS=$JVMFLAGS" -jar "$AKKA_JAR
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME