diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/syslog-startup.conf b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/syslog-startup.conf
index 83b86f2..553490b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/syslog-startup.conf
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/syslog-startup.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This configuration file is used by the busybox syslog init script,
 # /etc/init.d/syslog[.busybox] to set syslog configuration at start time.
 
-DESTINATION=buffer		# log destinations (buffer file remote)
+DESTINATION=file		# log destinations (buffer file remote)
 LOGFILE=/var/log/messages	# where to log (file)
 REMOTE=loghost:514		# where to log (syslog remote)
 REDUCE=no			# reduce-size logging