diff --git a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/install/upstart/airtime_analyzer.conf b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/install/upstart/airtime_analyzer.conf
index 6fccc21c9..696c8b9a9 100644
--- a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/install/upstart/airtime_analyzer.conf
+++ b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/install/upstart/airtime_analyzer.conf
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@ stop on runlevel [!2345]
 
 respawn
 
+setuid www-data
+setgid www-data
+
+expect fork
+
 env LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
 env LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
 
-exec su www-data -c "airtime_analyzer"
+script
+    airtime_analyzer
+end script
+
+