diff --git a/80-rhel/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf b/80-rhel/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
index f21f660..63ab463 100644
--- a/80-rhel/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/80-rhel/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $InputRunFileMonitor
 #### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####
 
 # Where to place auxiliary files
-#$WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
+$WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
 
 # Use default timestamp format
 $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $template virtio_ForwardFormat, "<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP:::date-rfc3339% localhost %sy
 # directly into files via python logging)
 
 # discard messages from dracut regenerating initrd
-:programname,isequal,"dracut" ~
+:programname,isequal,"dracut" stop
 
 *.*;\
 authpriv.none;\