diff --git a/smartmontools/smartd-srv/run b/smartmontools/smartd-srv/run
index c183388..e5734f7 100644
--- a/smartmontools/smartd-srv/run
+++ b/smartmontools/smartd-srv/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 envfile /etc/s6/config/smartd.conf
 importas -sCuD "" SMARTD_OPTS SMARTD_OPTS
 fdmove -c 2 1
-exec smartd -d ${SMARTD_OPTS}
+exec smartd ${SMARTD_OPTS}
diff --git a/smartmontools/smartd.conf b/smartmontools/smartd.conf
index a1f00d9..e31302b 100644
--- a/smartmontools/smartd.conf
+++ b/smartmontools/smartd.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# Additional configuration options, see SMARTD(8)
-SMARTD_OPTS=""
+# "-d" ("--debug") provides additional output and allows s6-log to handle 
+# logging, change to "-n" ("--no-fork") if you prefer syslog. See SMARTD(8)
+# for additional options.
+SMARTD_OPTS="-d"
 
 # This configures the directives used for s6-log in the log service.
 DIRECTIVES="n3 s2000000 T"