diff --git a/rabbitmq-script-wrapper b/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
index b6c6c1e..7feb2ef 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+++ b/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ done
 
 cd /var/lib/rabbitmq
 
+INIT_LOG_DIR=/var/log/rabbitmq
+
 SCRIPT=`basename $0`
 
 if [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -a "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-server" ] ; then
-    /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@" @STDOUT_STDERR_REDIRECTION@
+    /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@" 2> ${INIT_LOG_DIR}/startup_err > ${INIT_LOG_DIR}/startup_log
 elif [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -o "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-plugins" ] ; then
     /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} "$@"
 elif [ `id -u` = 0 ] ; then
diff --git a/rabbitmq-server.changes b/rabbitmq-server.changes
index 00b120c..01c6be6 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-server.changes
+++ b/rabbitmq-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 20 13:26:43 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix syntax error in wrapper script 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 13 19:22:37 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com