diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 622465d7..c9d011b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ sudo ./wwctl overlay list -ls
 sudo EDITOR=vim ./wwctl overlay edit default /etc/hello_world.ww
 sudo ./wwctl overlay build -a
 ```
-    
+
 #### Start the Warewulf daemon:
 
 Once the above provisioning images are built, you can check the provisioning "rediness"
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit
index 73ec6a9b..72e49bf4 100644
--- a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ done
 
 /bin/bash
 
+INIT=$WWINIT
 echo "Cleaning up"
 unset WWCONTAINER
 unset WWHOSTNAME
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ unset WWIPMI_GATEWAY
 unset WWIPMI_USER
 unset WWIPMI_PASSWORD
 
-echo "Calling $WWINIT..."
+echo "Calling $INIT..."
 echo
 
 sleep 2
-exec $WWINIT
+exec $INIT