diff --git a/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.conf b/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.conf
index b2f0bd0..b84ac21 100644
--- a/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ options { chain_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0); use_dns(no); use_fqdn(no);
 # This is the default behavior of sysklogd package
 # Logs may come from unix stream, but not from another machine.
 #
-source s_src { systemd-journal(); internal();
-              file("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel")   );
+source s_src {
+  systemd-syslog();
+  file("/proc/kmsg" program-override("kernel") flags(kernel));
+  internal();
 };
 
 # If you wish to get logs from remote machine you should uncomment
diff --git a/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.service b/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.service
index 606a967..06c0263 100644
--- a/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.service
+++ b/syslog-ng-config/debian-source/syslog-ng.service
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=System Logger Daemon
 Documentation=man:syslog-ng(8)
+Requires=syslog.socket
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-Sockets=syslog.socket
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/syslog-ng/
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
diff --git a/syslog-ng-config/debian/deb_folder/postinst b/syslog-ng-config/debian/deb_folder/postinst
index 2350845..4fac6ac 100644
--- a/syslog-ng-config/debian/deb_folder/postinst
+++ b/syslog-ng-config/debian/deb_folder/postinst
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ cp /usr/share/starlingx/syslog-ng.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.serv
 chmod 700 /usr/sbin/fm_event_syslogger
 chmod 755 /usr/sbin/sshlog
 
+systemctl enable syslog-ng.service > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
+
 #DEBHELPER#