diff --git a/init-scripts/init.freebsd b/init-scripts/init.freebsd
index 2a2374ac..9d967844 100755
--- a/init-scripts/init.freebsd
+++ b/init-scripts/init.freebsd
@@ -19,18 +19,10 @@
 #     Default is same as sickgear_dir.
 # sickgear_datadir:  Data directory for Sick Beard (DB, Logs, config)
 #     Default is same as sickgear_chdir
-# sickgear_pid:  The name of the pidfile to create.
+# sickgear_pidfile:  The name of the pidfile to create.
 #     Default is sickgear.pid in sickgear_dir.
-# sickgear_host: The hostname or IP SickGear is listening on
-#     Default is 127.0.0.1
 # sickgear_port: The port SickGear is listening on
 #     Default is 8081
-# sickgear_web_user: Username to authenticate to the SickGear web interface
-#     Default is an empty string (no username)
-# sickgear_web_password: Password to authenticate to the SickGear web interface
-#     Default is an empty string (no password)
-# sickgear_webroot: Set to value of web_root in config (for proxies etc)
-#     Default is an empty string (if set must start with a "/")
 PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
@@ -45,54 +37,15 @@ load_rc_config ${name}
 : ${sickgear_dir:="/usr/local/sickgear"}
 : ${sickgear_chdir:="${sickgear_dir}"}
 : ${sickgear_datadir:="${sickgear_chdir}"}
-: ${sickgear_pid:="${sickgear_dir}/sickgear.pid"}
+: ${sickgear_pidfile:="${sickgear_dir}/sickgear.pid"}
 : ${sickgear_host:="127.0.0.1"}
 : ${sickgear_port:="8081"}
-: ${sickgear_web_user:=""}
-: ${sickgear_web_password:=""}
-: ${sickgear_webroot:=""}
 
-status_cmd="${name}_status"
-stop_cmd="${name}_stop"
-
-command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
-command_args="-f -p ${sickgear_pid} python ${sickgear_dir}/SickBeard.py --quiet --nolaunch"
+command="/usr/local/bin/python"
+command_args="${sickgear_dir}/SickBeard.py --daemon --pidfile ${sickgear_pidfile}"
 
 # Add datadir to the command if set
 [ ! -z "${sickgear_datadir}" ] && \
   command_args="${command_args} --datadir ${sickgear_datadir}"
 
-# Ensure user is root when running this script.
-if [ `id -u` != "0" ]; then
-  echo "Oops, you should be root before running this!"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-verify_sickgear_pid() {
-    # Make sure the pid corresponds to the SickGear process.
-    pid=`cat ${sickgear_pid} 2>/dev/null`
-    ps -p ${pid} 2>/dev/null | grep -q "python ${sickgear_dir}/SickBeard.py"
-    return $?
-}
-
-# Try to stop SickGear cleanly by calling shutdown over http.
-sickgear_stop() {
-    echo "Stopping $name"
-    verify_sickgear_pid
-    sickgear_url="${sickgear_host}:${sickgear_port}"
-    [ ! -z "${sickgear_web_user}" ] && \
-       sickgear_url="${sickgear_web_user}:${sickgear_web_password}@${sickgear_url}"
-    [ ! -z "${sickgear_webroot}" ] && \
-       sickgear_url="${sickgear_url}${sickgear_webroot}"
-    fetch -o - -q "http://${sickgear_url}/home/shutdown/?pid=${pid}" >/dev/null
-    if [ -n "${pid}" ]; then
-      wait_for_pids ${pid}
-      echo "Stopped"
-    fi
-}
-
-sickgear_status() {
-    verify_sickgear_pid && echo "$name is running as ${pid}" || echo "$name is not running"
-}
-
 run_rc_command "$1"