diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9f45b7..74fdef6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ func main() {
 - [Eric Halpern](https://github.com/ehalpern)
 - [Yota](https://github.com/nus)
 - [Erkan Durmus](https://github.com/derkan)
+- [maxxant](https://github.com/maxxant)
 
 All the contributors are welcome. If you would like to be the contributor please accept some rules.
 - The pull requests will be accepted only in "develop" branch
diff --git a/daemon.go b/daemon.go
index 51e8994..961133e 100644
--- a/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*
-Package daemon 0.8.0 for use with Go (golang) services.
+Package daemon 0.8.1 for use with Go (golang) services.
 
 Package daemon provides primitives for daemonization of golang services.
 This package is not provide implementation of user daemon,
diff --git a/daemon_linux.go b/daemon_linux.go
index 03a1e5c..633f20c 100644
--- a/daemon_linux.go
+++ b/daemon_linux.go
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import (
 
 // Get the daemon properly
 func newDaemon(name, description string, dependencies []string) (Daemon, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/sbin/initctl"); err == nil {
-		return &upstartRecord{name, description, dependencies}, nil
-	}
+	// newer subsystem must be checked first
 	if _, err := os.Stat("/run/systemd/system"); err == nil {
 		return &systemDRecord{name, description, dependencies}, nil
 	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/sbin/initctl"); err == nil {
+		return &upstartRecord{name, description, dependencies}, nil
+	}
 	return &systemVRecord{name, description, dependencies}, nil
 }