diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index b09c0f196f8a01591e31c25e629c8042c50a0e74..4796a51cb58c90d4a0c344ced808c57f7be4b1c2 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ activate_services() {
     done
 }
 
+set_capabilities() {
+    setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/bin/redirectord
+}
+
 
 case "$1" in
     configure)
 	create_users
 	create_log_dir
+        set_capabilities
 	activate_services radiod redirectord
     ;;
 
diff --git a/debian/services/redirectord b/debian/services/redirectord
index 02ed7e747257f7574112e10d562a6f3eae6a050c..4c7c04b8705420cf9ab9426c6641f6d63cdc9f78 100755
--- a/debian/services/redirectord
+++ b/debian/services/redirectord
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 set_public_ip
 set_etcd_params
 
-exec setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep \
-    chpst -u nobody \
+exec chpst -u nobody \
     redirectord --ip=${PUBLIC_IP} --domain=${DOMAIN} \
     ${ETCD_OPTIONS} ${DAEMON_OPTIONS}