1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ec2-run-user-data.py b/ec2-run-user-data.py
index 63820bed..56e5e538 100755
--- a/ec2-run-user-data.py
+++ b/ec2-run-user-data.py
@@ -47,16 +47,14 @@ filename = '/var/ec2/.already-ran.%s' % amiId
 if os.path.exists(filename):
    print "ec2-run-user-data already ran for this instance."
    sys.exit(0)
-else:
-    if user_data.startswith('#!'):
+elif user_data.startswith('#!'):
        # run it 
        (fp, path) = tempfile.mkstemp()
        os.write(fp,user_data)
        os.close(fp);
        os.chmod(path, 0700)
-       os.system('cp %s /var/ec2/user-data' %(path))
-       status = os.system('%s' % path)
+       status = os.system('%s | logger -t "user-data" ' % path)
        os.unlink(path)
-       os.system('touch /var/ec2/$s' %(filename))
+       os.system('touch %s' %(filename))
 
 sys.exit(0)