diff --git a/data/conf/logging/rsyslog.conf b/data/conf/logging/rsyslog.conf
index 65191aa4a..efa7b543c 100644
--- a/data/conf/logging/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/data/conf/logging/rsyslog.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-if $programname startswith "CGRateS" or $programname startswith "cgr-engine" then  /var/log/cgrates/CGRateS.log
+if $programname contains "cgr-engine" or $programname contains "CGRateS" then /var/log/cgrates/CGRateS.log
 & stop
diff --git a/packages/debian/cgrates.service b/packages/debian/cgrates.service
index 97da9dd31..563aa03bf 100644
--- a/packages/debian/cgrates.service
+++ b/packages/debian/cgrates.service
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Group=cgrates
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
 Restart=on-failure
+SyslogIdentifier=cgr-engine
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/packages/redhat_fedora/cgrates.service b/packages/redhat_fedora/cgrates.service
index 397f62d13..2dad5656a 100644
--- a/packages/redhat_fedora/cgrates.service
+++ b/packages/redhat_fedora/cgrates.service
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Group=cgrates
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
 Restart=on-failure
+SyslogIdentifier=cgr-engine
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target