diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 9a7997a..1f2f377 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 Summary: Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
 Name: cronie
 Version: 1.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: MIT and BSD
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: https://fedorahosted.org/cronie
 #Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/cronie/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source0: http://mmaslano.fedorapeople.org/cronie/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-
+Patch0:	init.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Requires: syslog, bash >= 2.0
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SELinux.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
 
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ cp -a /var/lock/subsys/crond /var/lock/subsys/cronie > /dev/null 2>&1 ||:
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cron.deny
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 24 2008 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano@redhat.com> - 1.2-4
+- update init script
+
 * Thu Sep 25 2008 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com> - 1.2-3
 - add sendmail file into requirement, cause it's needed some MTA
 
diff --git a/init.patch b/init.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13845f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+diff -up cronie-1.2/cronie.init.old cronie-1.2/cronie.init
+--- cronie-1.2/cronie.init.old	2008-06-26 14:56:00.000000000 +0200
++++ cronie-1.2/cronie.init	2008-10-24 14:46:59.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#! /bin/bash
++#!/bin/sh
+ #
+ # crond          Start/Stop the cron clock daemon.
+ #
+@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@
+ #              programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a \
+ #              number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better \
+ #              security and more powerful configuration options.
+-# processname: crond
+-# config: /etc/crontab
+-# pidfile: /var/run/crond.pid
++
++### BEGIN INIT INFO
++# Provides: crond crontab
++# Required-Start: $local_fs $syslog
++# Required-Stop: $local_fs $syslog
++# Default-Start:  2345
++# Default-Stop: 90
++# Short-Description: run cron daemon
++# Description: cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified 
++#              programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a 
++#              number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better 
++#              security and more powerful configuration options.
++### END INIT INFO
+ 
+ [ -f /etc/sysconfig/crond ] || { 
+     [ "$1" = "status" ] && exit 4 || exit 6 
+@@ -17,82 +27,104 @@
+ 
+ RETVAL=0
+ prog="crond"
+-CROND=/usr/sbin/crond
+-LOCK_FILE=/var/lock/subsys/crond
++exec=/usr/sbin/crond
++lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/crond
++config=/etc/sysconfig/crond
+ 
+ # Source function library.
+-. /etc/init.d/functions
++. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+ 
+-# set sysconfig settings
+-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/crond ] && . /etc/sysconfig/crond
++[ -e /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog
+ 
+ # validate mail
+ t=${CRON_VALIDATE_MAILRCPTS:-UNSET}
+ [ "$t" != "UNSET" ] && export CRON_VALIDATE_MAILRCPTS="$t"
+- 
+-prog="crond"
+ 
+ start() {
+-	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+-	daemon $prog $CRONDARGS && success || failure
+-	RETVAL=$?
+-	[ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && touch $LOCK_FILE
+-	echo
++    [ -x $exec ] || exit 5
++    [ -f $config ] || exit 6
++    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
++    daemon $prog $CRONDARGS && success || failure
++    retval=$?
++    echo
++    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
++    return $retval
+ }
+ 
+ stop() {
+-	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+-	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $CROND`" ]; then
+-		killproc $CROND
++    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
++	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $exec`" ]; then
++		killproc $exec
+ 		RETVAL=3
+ 	else
+ 		failure $"Stopping $prog"
+ 	fi
+-	RETVAL=$?
+-	[ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && rm -f $LOCK_FILE
+-	echo
+-}	
++    retval=$?
++    echo
++    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
++    return $retval
++}
++
++restart() {
++    stop
++    start
++}
+ 
+ reload() {
+ 	echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
+-	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $CROND`" ]; then
+-		killproc $CROND -HUP
++	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $exec`" ]; then
++		killproc $exec -HUP
+ 	else
+ 		failure $"Reloading $prog"
+ 	fi
+-	RETVAL=$?
++	retval=$?
+ 	echo
+-}	
++}
++
++force_reload() {
++	# new configuration takes effect after restart
++    restart
++}
++
++rh_status() {
++    # run checks to determine if the service is running or use generic status
++    status $prog
++}
++
++rh_status_q() {
++    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
++}
++
+ 
+ case "$1" in
+-  start)
+-  	start
+-	;;
+-  stop)
+-  	stop
+-	;;
+-  restart)
+-	stop
+-  	start
+-	;;
+-  reload)
+-  	reload
+-	;;
+-  status)
+-	status $CROND
+-	;;
+-  condrestart)
+-    if [ -f  $LOCK_FILE ]; then
+-        if [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ]; then
+-            stop
+-            sleep 3
+-            start
+-        fi
+-    fi
+-    ;;
+-  *)
+-	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|reload|restart|condrestart}"
+-	RETVAL=3
++    start)
++        rh_status_q && exit 0
++        $1
++        ;;
++    stop)
++        rh_status_q || exit 0
++        $1
++        ;;
++    restart)
++        $1
++        ;;
++    reload)
++        rh_status_q || exit 7
++        $1
++        ;;
++    force-reload)
++        force_reload
++        ;;
++    status)
++        rh_status
++        ;;
++    condrestart|try-restart)
++        rh_status_q || exit 0
++        restart
++        ;;
++    *)
++        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
++        exit 2
+ esac
+-exit $RETVAL
++exit $?
+