diff --git a/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-confd b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-confd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c2bf21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-confd
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# location of the configuration file
+CONFIG=/etc/jabber/palaver.xml
diff --git a/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-initd b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-initd
index d0dde8d..903ad86 100644
--- a/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-initd
+++ b/net-im/palaver/files/palaver-initd
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ depend() {
 start() {
 	ebegin "Starting Palaver MUC service"
 	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid -u jabber -g jabber \
-		--exec /usr/bin/twistd -- -f /etc/jabber/palaver.tap -l /var/log/jabber/palaver.log \
-		--pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid
+		--exec /usr/bin/twistd -- -l /var/log/jabber/palaver.log --pidfile /var/run/jabber/palaver.pid \
+		palaver -c ${CONFIG}
 	eend $?
 }
 
diff --git a/net-im/palaver/palaver-9999.ebuild b/net-im/palaver/palaver-9999.ebuild
index 2dd5f11..ba6e37a 100644
--- a/net-im/palaver/palaver-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/palaver/palaver-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,19 +38,11 @@ src_install() {
 		"s:<spool>[^\<]*</spool>:<spool>/var/spool/jabber</spool>:" \
 		/etc/jabber/${PN}.xml
 
-#	dosed \
-#		"s:<pid>[^\<]*</pid>:<pid>/var/run/jabber/${PN}.pid</pid>:" \
-#		/etc/jabber/${PN}.xml
-
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-initd" ${PN}
-#	dosed "s:INSPATH:${inspath}:" /etc/init.d/${PN}
-
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-confd" ${PN}
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
 	einfo "A sample config file has been installed into /etc/jabber/${PN}.xml."
 	einfo "Please adjust the settings as needed."
-	einfo "After that, you MUST create a TAP-file for twisted in order to start Palaver, like this:"
-	einfo "# cd /etc/jabber"
-	einfo "# mktap palaver -c palaver.xml"
 }