diff --git a/rdselect/rdselect.cpp b/rdselect/rdselect.cpp
index 8b157e25..a9f63f11 100644
--- a/rdselect/rdselect.cpp
+++ b/rdselect/rdselect.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ bool MainWidget::Shutdown(int id)
 {
   RDConfig *conf=select_configs[id];
 
-  if(system("/etc/init.d/rivendell stop")!=0) {
+  if(system("systemctl stop rivendell")!=0) {
     return false;
   }
   system(QString("umount ")+conf->audioRoot());
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ bool MainWidget::Startup(int id)
   }
   unlink(RD_CONF_FILE);
   symlink(select_filenames[id],RD_CONF_FILE);
-  if(system("/etc/init.d/rivendell start")!=0) {
+  if(system("systemctl start rivendell")!=0) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/utils/rdalsaconfig/rdalsaconfig.cpp b/utils/rdalsaconfig/rdalsaconfig.cpp
index e0110a63..5c9199fe 100644
--- a/utils/rdalsaconfig/rdalsaconfig.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdalsaconfig/rdalsaconfig.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ bool alsa_daemon_start_needed=false;
 void StopDaemons()
 {
   if(alsa_manage_daemons) {
-    if(system("/etc/init.d/rivendell status")==0) {
-      system("/etc/init.d/rivendell stop");
+    if(system("systemctl --quiet is-active rivendell")==0) {
+      system("systemctl --quiet stop rivendell");
       alsa_daemon_start_needed=true;
     }
   }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void StopDaemons()
 void StartDaemons()
 {
   if(alsa_daemon_start_needed) {
-    system("/etc/init.d/rivendell start");
+    system("systemctl --quiet start rivendell");
   }
 }
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ MainWidget::MainWidget(QWidget *parent)
 	     tr("The \"--manage-daemons\" switch requires root permissions."));
       exit(256);
     }
-    if(system("/etc/init.d/rivendell status")==0) {
+    if(system("systemctl --quiet is-active rivendell")==0) {
       int r=QMessageBox::warning(this,tr("RDAlsaConfig warning"),
 	    tr("Rivendell audio will be interrupted while running this program.\nContinue?"),
 				     QMessageBox::Yes,QMessageBox::No);