diff --git a/netconnectd/server.py b/netconnectd/server.py
index e049b18..e2a6bb7 100644
--- a/netconnectd/server.py
+++ b/netconnectd/server.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def exception_logger(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb):
         self.link_thread.daemon = True
 
         # we start out with a fully maxed link down count so that we will directly try to create a connection
-        self.link_down_count = linkmon_maxdown
+        self.link_down_count = 0
 
         # we need to make sure that client messages and link events are never handled concurrently, so we synchronize via
         # this mutex
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ea8800..5ad23d6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     ('/etc/init.d/', [('extras/netconnectd.init', 'netconnectd', 0755)]),
     ('/etc/default/', [('extras/netconnectd.default', 'netconnectd', 0644)]),
     ('/etc/', [('extras/netconnectd.yaml', 'netconnectd.yaml', 0600)]),
-    ('/etc/logrotate.d/', [('extras/netconnectd.logrotate', 'logrotate', 0644)]),
+    ('/etc/logrotate.d/', [('extras/netconnectd.logrotate', 'netconnectd', 0644)]),
 ]