diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/MacMap.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/MacMap.pm
index 940367613..3c7463c96 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/MacMap.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/MacMap.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use IO::Handle;
 use Sys::Syslog;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use SNMP; 
-openlog("MacMap",'','local0');
 my %cisco_vlans; #Special hash structure to reflect discovered VLANS on Cisco equip
 #use IF-MIB (1.3.6.1.2.1.2) for all switches
 #   1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1 - ifXtable
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
index 7869dcca4..95d84150d 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ use xCAT::Table;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock);
-setlogsock([qw(native,tcp,udp,unix,stream)]);
+openlog("xcatd",,"local4");
+setlogsock(["native","tcp","udp","unix","stream"]);
 use xCAT::NotifHandler;
 use xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;