diff --git a/resources/resmon_debian_rc b/resources/resmon_debian_rc
index 210e91264979b6eaa26ad6ab478b16ca63ade0ff..c899c55906ff43cacc01db847f6ad6034d9fc637 100755
--- a/resources/resmon_debian_rc
+++ b/resources/resmon_debian_rc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ umask 077
 
 start() {
         echo -n $"Starting resmon: resmon"
-        start-stop-daemon --start --exec $RESMON_BIN -c $RESMON_CONF
+        start-stop-daemon --start --exec $RESMON_BIN -- -c $RESMON_CONF
         RETVAL=$?
         echo "."
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $RESMON_LOCK