diff --git a/debian/statsd.upstart b/debian/statsd.upstart
index 0b0db02..2c6a0fe 100644
--- a/debian/statsd.upstart
+++ b/debian/statsd.upstart
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ respawn limit 10 5
 
 chdir /usr/share/statsd
 
-script
-    NODE_BIN=$(which nodejs||which node)
+pre-start script
+    NODE_BIN=$(which nodejs || which node)
     [ -n $NODE_BIN ] || { stop; exit 0; }
-    
-    exec $NODE_BIN stats.js /etc/statsd/localConfig.js
 end script
 
+exec $NODE_BIN stats.js /etc/statsd/localConfig.js