diff --git a/conf/components/neutron.yaml b/conf/components/neutron.yaml
index 984d7cc2..eebd0cad 100644
--- a/conf/components/neutron.yaml
+++ b/conf/components/neutron.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ integration_bridge: br-int
 # When building a package for the neutron the arguments to the individual daemons
 # will be expanded to include the following runtime arguments.
 daemon_args:
-  neutron-server: "'--config-file=/etc/neutron/plugin.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf'"
-  neutron-l3-agent: "'--config-file=/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf'"
-  neutron-dhcp-agent: "'--config-file=/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf'"
-  neutron-metadata-agent: "'--config-file=/etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf'"
-  neutron-openvswitch-agent: "'--config-file=/etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf'"
+  neutron-server: "--config-file=/etc/neutron/plugin.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf"
+  neutron-l3-agent: "--config-file=/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf"
+  neutron-dhcp-agent: "--config-file=/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf"
+  neutron-metadata-agent: "--config-file=/etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf"
+  neutron-openvswitch-agent: "--config-file=/etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini --config-file=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf"
 ...
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/common.init b/conf/templates/packaging/common.init
index 2ef34a42..f98ed19c 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/common.init
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/common.init
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ prog=openstack-$bin
 exec="/usr/bin/$bin"
 pidfile="/var/run/$package/\$prog.pid"
 daemon_user=$package
-daemon_args=$daemon_args
+daemon_args='$daemon_args'
 
 #raw
 [ -e /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog
diff --git a/conf/templates/packaging/common.service b/conf/templates/packaging/common.service
index 57e6adc5..20b27e85 100644
--- a/conf/templates/packaging/common.service
+++ b/conf/templates/packaging/common.service
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=$package
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/$bin
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/$bin $daemon_args
+StandardOutput=null
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target