diff --git a/rrdcached-systemd-pre b/rrdcached-systemd-pre
index f7a56a5..d1c20f9 100644
--- a/rrdcached-systemd-pre
+++ b/rrdcached-systemd-pre
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ test -r $RRDCACHED_CONFIG || { echo "$RRDCACHED_CONFIG not existing";
 # Read config   
 . $RRDCACHED_CONFIG
 
-function check_and_create_dir(){
+check_and_create_dir() {
         local DIR=$1
         test -d "$DIR" || mkdir -p "$DIR"
 }
 
 case "$RRDCACHED_ADDRESS" in
-        ^unix:) 
-                SOCKETDIR=$(dirname ${RRDCACHED_ADDRESS/unix:/})
+        unix:*)
+                SOCKETDIR=$(dirname ${RRDCACHED_ADDRESS#unix:})
                 check_and_create_dir "$SOCKETDIR"
                 chgrp $RRDCACHED_GROUP "$SOCKETDIR"
         ;;
diff --git a/rrdtool.changes b/rrdtool.changes
index ad3140c..e2d1ac9 100644
--- a/rrdtool.changes
+++ b/rrdtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 23 06:16:00 UTC 2014 - Led <ledest@gmail.com>
+
+- fix bashisms in rrdcached-systemd-pre script
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 19 22:59:24 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org