diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index 1a7403e71..8519374bb 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@ ERL_CRASH_DUMP="$LOGS_DIR"/erl_crash_$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S").dump
 ERL_INETRC="$CONFIG_DIR"/inetrc
 
 # define ejabberd parameters
-EJABBERD_OPTS="$EJABBERD_OPTS\
-$(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*/ \1/;s/:[ \t]*\(infinity\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
-$(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
-$(sed '/^log_burst_limit_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
-$(sed '/^log_burst_limit_window_time/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*[a-z]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")"
+LOG_OPTS=
+EJABBERD_OPTS="\
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*/ \1/;s/:[ \t]*\(infinity\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_burst_limit_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_burst_limit_window_time/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*[a-z]*\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$EJABBERD_OPTS"
 [ -n "$EJABBERD_OPTS" ] && EJABBERD_OPTS="-ejabberd $EJABBERD_OPTS"
 EJABBERD_OPTS="-mnesia dir \"$SPOOL_DIR\" $MNESIA_OPTIONS $EJABBERD_OPTS -s ejabberd"