diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5f54d95..ee390e58 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21739,3 +21739,6 @@
 	to work on the basis of 'distribution type'.
 	* Added desktop entries for rdalsaconfig(8) and rddbconfig(8) that use
 	sudo(8) for privilege escalation.
+2021-05-31 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Modified rdmaint(8) to enable it to operate even when
+	the Rivendell services are not running.
diff --git a/utils/rdmaint/rdmaint.cpp b/utils/rdmaint/rdmaint.cpp
index 709d3b4f..80e28c9c 100644
--- a/utils/rdmaint/rdmaint.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdmaint/rdmaint.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ MainObject::MainObject(QObject *parent)
   // Open the Database
   //
   rda=static_cast<RDApplication *>(new RDCoreApplication("rdmaint","rdmaint",RDMAINT_USAGE,this));
-  if(!rda->open(&err_msg)) {
+  if(!rda->open(&err_msg,NULL,false)) {
     fprintf(stderr,"rdmaint: %s\n",err_msg.toUtf8().constData());
+    rda->syslog(LOG_ERR,"%s",err_msg.toUtf8().constData());
     exit(1);
   }