diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-flash-bmc/org.openbmc.control.BmcFlash.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-flash-bmc/org.openbmc.control.BmcFlash.service
index ddc8ec8..9fd20bf 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-flash-bmc/org.openbmc.control.BmcFlash.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-flash-bmc/org.openbmc.control.BmcFlash.service
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 [Service]
 Restart=always
-ExecStart={sbindir}/bmc_update.py
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env bmc_update.py
+SyslogIdentifier=bmc_update.py
 Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
 Type=dbus
 BusName={BUSNAME}