diff --git a/pkg/changelog.rpm b/pkg/changelog.rpm
index 0f959a84..5351750a 100644
--- a/pkg/changelog.rpm
+++ b/pkg/changelog.rpm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* Sun 03 Feb 2013 Matthew Wall <mwall@users.sourceforge.net> - 2.2.0a3-1
+* Sun Feb 03 2013 Matthew Wall <mwall@users.sourceforge.net> - 2.2.0a3-1
 - removed apache dependencies
 - put generated html in /var/www/html/weewx
 * Mon Jan 28 2013 Matthew Wall <mwall at users.sourceforge.net> - 2.2.0a2-1
diff --git a/util/init.d/weewx.redhat b/util/init.d/weewx.redhat
index d7011f1c..69ecdf2d 100755
--- a/util/init.d/weewx.redhat
+++ b/util/init.d/weewx.redhat
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$1" in
   start)
         # Start daemon.
         echo -n $"Starting weewx: "
-        daemon $WEEWX_BIN $DAEMON_ARGS
+        daemon --pidfile $PIDFILE $WEEWX_BIN $DAEMON_ARGS
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE