diff --git a/iguanaIR.init b/iguanaIR.init
index 2491204..7703f13 100755
--- a/iguanaIR.init
+++ b/iguanaIR.init
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ elif [ "$DISTRO" = "gentoo" ]; then
     {
         eend $*
     }
+    # there is no pidofproc in gentoo
+    pidofproc()
+    {
+        pidof "$@"
+    }
 else
     if [ "$DISTRO" != "debian" -a "$DISTRO" != "ubuntu" ]; then
         echo "WARNING: failed to recognize distro, defaulting to Debian."
@@ -96,6 +101,11 @@ depends()
     RETVAL=0
 }
 
+depend()
+{
+    before lircd
+}
+
 start()
 {
     # figure out what command to run to start the daemon
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ start()
             START="daemon --user=iguanair $IGPATH $IGUANAIR_OPTIONS -l $LOGFILE"
         fi
     else
-        START="start-stop-daemon --start --chuid iguanair --group iguanair --exec $IGPATH -- $IGUANAIR_OPTIONS -l $LOGFILE"
+        START="start-stop-daemon --start --user iguanair --group iguanair --exec $IGPATH -- $IGUANAIR_OPTIONS -l $LOGFILE"
     fi
 
     if [ "$START" != "" ]; then
@@ -138,7 +148,7 @@ stop()
     if [ "$LOCKFILE" != "" ]; then
         killproc $IGPATH
     else
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --retry 2 --exec $IGPATH
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $IGPATH
     fi
     RETVAL=$?
     log_end_msg $RETVAL