diff --git a/debian/authentic2.init b/debian/authentic2.init
index b904bca0d..560fb97d5 100644
--- a/debian/authentic2.init
+++ b/debian/authentic2.init
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC=authentic2
 NAME=authentic2
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/uwsgi
+DAEMON=/usr/lib/authentic2/launch-authentic2.sh
 RUN_DIR=/run/$NAME
 PIDFILE=$RUN_DIR/$NAME.pid
 LOG_DIR=/var/log/$NAME
diff --git a/debian/authentic2.service b/debian/authentic2.service
index 514f50991..8ee92b223 100644
--- a/debian/authentic2.service
+++ b/debian/authentic2.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ User=authentic2
 Group=authentic2
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/authentic2-manage migrate --noinput
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/authentic2-manage collectstatic --noinput
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/uwsgi --ini /etc/%p/%p-uwsgi.ini
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/authentic2/launch-authentic2.sh --ini /etc/%p/%p-uwsgi.ini
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillSignal=SIGQUIT
 TimeoutStartSec=0
diff --git a/debian/launch-authentic2.sh b/debian/launch-authentic2.sh
index 03c127864..f6ba89676 100755
--- a/debian/launch-authentic2.sh
+++ b/debian/launch-authentic2.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ if [ -f /etc/authentic2/authentic.conf ]; then
     . /etc/authentic2/authentic.conf
 fi
 
-/usr/bin/gunicorn3 "$@"
+exec /usr/bin/uwsgi "$@"