diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 77126652..4ccc0a1b 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ echo "root:$ROOT_PASSWORD" | chpasswd
 echo User: root Password: $ROOT_PASSWORD
 
 # start supervisord
-/usr/bin/supervisord
+/usr/bin/supervisord -c /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
 supervisorctl start sshd
 
 # copy configuration templates