diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/asterisk b/src/initscripts/init.d/asterisk
index db80eb359..ef5b5f9d5 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/asterisk
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/asterisk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 case "${1}" in
 	start)
 		boot_mesg "Starting Asterisk PBX..."
-		loadproc /usr/sbin/asterisk -p -U nobody -G nobody
+		loadproc /usr/sbin/asterisk -p 
 		;;
 
 	stop)