diff --git a/config/gentoo-initd b/config/gentoo-initd
index b6b2a0b1..11b81e7d 100755
--- a/config/gentoo-initd
+++ b/config/gentoo-initd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 opts="start stop restart showlog"
 
-FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban.py"
+FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban"
 
 depend() {
 	need net
diff --git a/config/redhat-initd b/config/redhat-initd
index 27369962..b1753672 100644
--- a/config/redhat-initd
+++ b/config/redhat-initd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 [ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
 [ -f /etc/fail2ban.conf ] || exit 0
 
-FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban.py"
+FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban"
 PIDFILE="/var/run/fail2ban.pid"
 
 RETVAL=0
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ case "$1" in
         stop
         ;;
   status)
-        status fail2ban.py
+        status fail2ban
         RETVAL=$?
         ;;
   reload)