diff --git a/mdmonitor.init b/mdmonitor.init
index d7b68fb..1be12c9 100755
--- a/mdmonitor.init
+++ b/mdmonitor.init
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ usage ()
 start ()
 {
 # (Re)start mdmon to take over monitoring of mdmon started from the initrd
-    if [ -f /dev/.mdadm/*.pid ]; then
+    if [ -f /dev/md/*.pid ]; then
         origprog="$prog"; prog="mdmon"
-        action $"Starting $prog: " /sbin/mdmon /proc/mdstat /
+        action $"Starting $prog: " /sbin/mdmon --takeover --all
         prog="$origprog"
     fi
 # Make sure configuration file exists and has information we can use