diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
index af6902714..9b6636b9b 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then
   . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 fi
 
-logger -t xcat "$0: action is $1"
+logger -t xcat -p local4.info "$0: action is $1"
 case $1 in
 restart)
   $0 stop
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ restart)
   ;;
 status)
   echo -n "xcatpostinit runs only at boot, runs additional post scripts"
-  logger -t xcat "xcatpostinit runs only at boot, runs additional post scripts"
+  logger -t xcat -p local4.info "xcatpostinit runs only at boot, runs additional post scripts"
   ;;
 stop)
   echo -n "nothing to stop "
-  logger -t xcat "nothing to stop"
+  logger -t xcat -p local4.info "nothing to stop"
   ;;
 start)
         # Node is stateless by default
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ start)
 
         # Run $SCRIPT according to node type
         if [ $STATELITE -ne 0 ]; then
-            logger -t xCAT "Call $SCRIPT for statelite mode"
+            logger -t xCAT -p local4.info "Call $SCRIPT for statelite mode"
             "$SCRIPT" 4
         else
-            logger -t xCAT  "Call $SCRIPT for stateless mode"
+            logger -t xCAT -p local4.info  "Call $SCRIPT for stateless mode"
             "$SCRIPT"
         fi
   ;;