diff --git a/scripts/inner_source_chroot_update.sh b/scripts/inner_source_chroot_update.sh
index eba3af0..5e1baf1 100755
--- a/scripts/inner_source_chroot_update.sh
+++ b/scripts/inner_source_chroot_update.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ rm -rf /var/lib/entropy/client/packages
 
 # Make sure that systemd is still the default init system
 eselect sysvinit set systemd
+eselect init set systemd
 eselect settingsd set systemd
 
 # copy Portage config from sabayonlinux.org entropy repo to system