diff --git a/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-start b/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-start
index fc9c50cb6..47ee83691 100755
--- a/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-start
+++ b/salt/elasticagent/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-agent-start
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 {% if grains.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
-/usr/sbin/so-start elastic-agent $1
+/usr/sbin/so-start elasticagent $1
 {% else %}
 service elastic-agent start
 {% endif %}