diff --git a/init.d/gitlab b/init.d/gitlab
index e0bc0c6..93321d6 100644
--- a/init.d/gitlab
+++ b/init.d/gitlab
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 APP_ROOT="/home/git/gitlab"
-DAEMON_OPTS="-C $APP_ROOT/config/puma.rb -E production"
+DAEMON_OPTS="-C $APP_ROOT/config/puma.rb -e production"
 PID_PATH="$APP_ROOT/tmp/pids"
 WEB_SERVER_PID="$PID_PATH/puma.pid"
 SIDEKIQ_PID="$PID_PATH/sidekiq.pid"