diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index de8d738c1..e066d9193 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ mkdir -p build/etc/{spotify,init.d}
 cp resource/cassandra-reaper.yaml build/etc/spotify/
 cp target/cassandra-reaper-0.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar build/usr/share/cassandra-reaper/
 cp bin/* build/usr/local/bin/
-
+cp resource/reaper.init build/etc/init.d/cassandra-reaper
+chmod 755 build/etc/init.d/cassandra-reaper
 
 fpm -s dir \
 -t deb \
diff --git a/resource/cassandra.init b/resource/reaper.init
similarity index 100%
rename from resource/cassandra.init
rename to resource/reaper.init