diff --git a/transmission-daemon-init b/transmission-daemon-init
index 9ca2283..7e2871b 100755
--- a/transmission-daemon-init
+++ b/transmission-daemon-init
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ start() {
     if [ -n "$TRANSMISSION_HOME" ]; then
         export TRANSMISSION_HOME
     fi
-
-    su - $DAEMON_USER -c "$DAEMON $DAEMON_ARGS"
+    
+    daemon --check $DAEMON --user $DAEMON_USER $DAEMON $DAEMON_ARGS
 
     sleep 2
 
diff --git a/transmission.spec b/transmission.spec
index f34a9cd..e18e1c4 100644
--- a/transmission.spec
+++ b/transmission.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           transmission
 Version:        1.83
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A lightweight GTK+ BitTorrent client
 
 Group:          Applications/Internet
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ update-desktop-database > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_datadir}/applications/qtr.desktop
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 3 2010 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha@fedoraproject.org> - 1.83-2
+- Bugfix - #560180 - changed init script
+
 * Sun Jan 31 2010 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha@fedoraproject.org> - 1.83-1
 - New Release
 - Fix 1.80 announce error that caused uploads and downloads to periodically freeze