diff --git a/conf/default b/conf/default
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+description "statsd"
+author "etsy"
+
+start on startup
+stop on shutdown
+
+script
+    chdir /srv/statsd
+
+    exec sudo -u statsd /srv/statsd/scripts/start
+end script