diff --git a/pkg/init/cmd/service/cmd.go b/pkg/init/cmd/service/cmd.go
index f8c3c5cee..cff32f2fe 100644
--- a/pkg/init/cmd/service/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/init/cmd/service/cmd.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func start(ctx context.Context, service, sock, basePath, dumpSpec string) (strin
 
 	io := func(id string) (cio.IO, error) {
 		stdoutFile := logger.Path(service + ".out")
-		stderrFile := logger.Path(service + ".err")
+		stderrFile := logger.Path(service)
 		return &logio{
 			cio.Config{
 				Stdin:    "/dev/null",
diff --git a/pkg/init/cmd/service/runc.go b/pkg/init/cmd/service/runc.go
index b020e4324..656912bfd 100644
--- a/pkg/init/cmd/service/runc.go
+++ b/pkg/init/cmd/service/runc.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func runcInit(rootPath, serviceType string) int {
 		}
 		defer stdout.Close()
 
-		stderrLog := serviceType + "." + name + ".err"
+		stderrLog := serviceType + "." + name
 		stderr, err := logger.Open(stderrLog)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error opening stderr log connection: %v", err)