diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index fdb99a2..e92c369 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
     adduser --system --quiet --home /nonexistent --no-create-home \
       --shell /bin/false --force-badname --group --gecos "StatsD User" _statsd
   fi
-  
-  if [ -x "/etc/init.d/statsd" ]; then
-    update-rc.d statsd defaults >/dev/null
-    invoke-rc.d statsd start || exit $?
-  fi
 
   if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/statsd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     dpkg-statoverride --update --add _statsd _statsd 0755 /var/run/statsd
   fi
 
+  if [ -x "/etc/init.d/statsd" ]; then
+    update-rc.d statsd defaults >/dev/null
+    invoke-rc.d statsd start || exit $?
+  fi
 fi
diff --git a/debian/statsd.upstart b/debian/statsd.upstart
index e007c25..7e480aa 100644
--- a/debian/statsd.upstart
+++ b/debian/statsd.upstart
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@ setgid _statsd
 respawn
 respawn limit 10 5
 
-chdir /usr/share/statsd
-exec /usr/bin/nodejs stats.js /etc/statsd/localConfig.js
+script
+    NODE_BIN=$(which nodejs||which node)
+    chdir /usr/share/statsd
+    exec $NODE_BIN stats.js /etc/statsd/localConfig.js
+end script
+