diff --git a/app-misc/kanata/files/kanata.initd b/app-misc/kanata/files/kanata.initd
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4d377581ef..47cbb58f74
--- a/app-misc/kanata/files/kanata.initd
+++ b/app-misc/kanata/files/kanata.initd
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 or later
 
-supervisor=supervise-daemon
 command="/usr/bin/kanata"
+pidfile="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
 command_background="true"