diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-daily-update.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-daily-update.rs
index dbfee07b..8e9cd803 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-daily-update.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-daily-update.rs
@@ -109,14 +109,7 @@ async fn run(rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 fn main() {
     proxmox_backup::tools::setup_safe_path_env();
-
-    if let Err(err) = syslog::init(
-        syslog::Facility::LOG_DAEMON,
-        log::LevelFilter::Info,
-        Some("proxmox-daily-update"),
-    ) {
-        eprintln!("unable to initialize syslog - {err}");
-    }
+    proxmox_log::init::journald_and_tasklog("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO).expect("Failed to setup proxmox_log logger");
 
     let mut rpcenv = CliEnvironment::new();
     rpcenv.set_auth_id(Some(String::from("root@pam")));