diff --git a/net-misc/routinator/files/routinator-initd b/net-misc/routinator/files/routinator-initd
index 2600f3c..64b9685 100755
--- a/net-misc/routinator/files/routinator-initd
+++ b/net-misc/routinator/files/routinator-initd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 name="routinator daemon"
 description="An RPKI relying party software"
 command=/usr/bin/routinator
-command_args="--syslog --base-dir=${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR} server
+command_args="--syslog --repository-dir=${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}/repository server
 ${ROUTINATOR_OPTS}"
 pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
 command_args_background="--detach --pid-file=${pidfile}"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ start_pre() {
 	checkpath -d -m 0750 -o routinator:routinator "${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}"
 	if [ ! -d "${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}/repository" ] || \
 	   [ ! -d "${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}/tals" ]; then
-		${command} --base-dir=${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR} init \
+		${command} --repository-dir=${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}/repository init \
 			--decline-arin-rpa
 		chown -R routinator:routinator "${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}"/repository
 		chown -R routinator:routinator "${ROUTINATOR_BASEDIR}"/tals