diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 52a82faf0a..d3a2b5104f 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ function setup_systemd_logging {
     # native systemd path, which provides for things like search on
     # request-id. However, there may be an eventlet interaction here,
     # so going off for now.
-    USE_JOURNAL=$(trueorfalse USE_JOURNAL False)
+    USE_JOURNAL=$(trueorfalse False USE_JOURNAL)
     local pidstr=""
     if [[ "$USE_JOURNAL" == "True" ]]; then
         iniset $conf_file $conf_section use_journal "True"