diff --git a/upstart/alprd.conf b/upstart/alprd.conf
index 26dfed3..42b2769 100644
--- a/upstart/alprd.conf
+++ b/upstart/alprd.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env uid=daemon
 env gid=daemon
 
 env DAEMON=/usr/bin/alprd
-env DAEMON_ARGS="-l /var/log/alprd.log -n 20"
+env DAEMON_ARGS="-l /var/log/alprd.log"
 env PIDFILE=/var/run/alprd.pid
 
 exec start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --chuid $uid:$gid -- $DAEMON_ARGS