diff --git a/daemon.go b/daemon.go
index 1d60d02..a815a6e 100644
--- a/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*
-Package daemon 0.2.7 for use with Go (golang) services.
+Package daemon 0.2.8 for use with Go (golang) services.
 
 Package daemon provides primitives for daemonization of golang services.
 This package is not provide implementation of user daemon,
diff --git a/daemon_linux_systemv.go b/daemon_linux_systemv.go
index 8538c7d..fc46126 100644
--- a/daemon_linux_systemv.go
+++ b/daemon_linux_systemv.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ start() {
     if ! [ -f $pidfile ]; then
         printf "Starting $servname:\t"
         echo "$(date)" >> $stdoutlog
-        $exec >> $stderrlog 2>> $stdoutlog &
+        $exec >> $stdoutlog 2>> $stderrlog &
         echo $! > $pidfile
         touch $lockfile
         success