error handling
diff --git a/bin/eventlogger.py b/bin/eventlogger.py
index 95edfb8..131faec 100644
--- a/bin/eventlogger.py
+++ b/bin/eventlogger.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 		json_dump = json.dumps(message)
 		print "EVENT_LOG: "+json_dump
-		syslog.openlog('[OpenBmc]',logoption=syslog.LOG_PID)
+		syslog.openlog('OpenBmc',logoption=syslog.LOG_PID)
 		syslog.syslog(priority,json_dump)
 		syslog.closelog()