diff --git a/README b/README
index e69de29..ae339ac 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This should include all the bits necessary to build distributable RPMs of the the logstash project (http//logstash.net) suitable for use on RHEL/CentOS/SL machines.
+
+Much of the work herein has been done by Max Horbul (https://github.com/mhorbul).
+Contributors:
+  Aaron Blew (http://github.com/blewa)
+    - Minor init script work to allow the daemon to run as a user configued in /etc/sysconfig/logstash 
+    - Updated for 1.1.9
diff --git a/SOURCES/logstash.init b/SOURCES/logstash.init
index 800aa7e..98dd969 100755
--- a/SOURCES/logstash.init
+++ b/SOURCES/logstash.init
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/logstash ] && . /etc/sysconfig/logstash
-
 LOGSTASH_HOME=/opt/logstash
 LOGSTASH_USER=logstash
 DAEMON=${LOGSTASH_HOME}/bin/logstash
 
+[ -f /etc/sysconfig/logstash ] && . /etc/sysconfig/logstash
+
 NAME=$(basename $0)
 SERVICE=agent
 
diff --git a/SOURCES/logstash.sysconfig b/SOURCES/logstash.sysconfig
index 3344e36..52dc56d 100644
--- a/SOURCES/logstash.sysconfig
+++ b/SOURCES/logstash.sysconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #LOGSTASH_LOGFILE=/var/log/logstash/logstash.log
 #LOGSTASH_PATH_CONF=/etc/logstash/conf.d
 #LOGSTASH_PATH_PLUGINS=/opt/logstash/plugins
-#LOGSTASH_JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/logstash/tmp"
\ No newline at end of file
+#LOGSTASH_JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/logstash/tmp"
+#LOGSTASH_USER=logstash
+
+# Log level may be one of three values.
+#LOGSTASH_LOGLEVEL=warn
+#LOGSTASH_LOGLEVEL=info
+#LOGSTASH_LOGLEVEL=debug
diff --git a/SOURCES/logstash.wrapper b/SOURCES/logstash.wrapper
index e8af8b0..a2bf4d0 100755
--- a/SOURCES/logstash.wrapper
+++ b/SOURCES/logstash.wrapper
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ function run_service() {
   logfile=$5
 
   if [ "x$logfile" == "x" ]; then
-    exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS -jar $LOGSTASH_JAR $service -f "$config" -p "$pluginpath" "$verbose"
+    exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS -jar $LOGSTASH_JAR $service -f "$config" -p "$pluginpath" $verbose
     rs=$?
   else
-    exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS -jar $LOGSTASH_JAR $service -f "$config" -l "$logfile" -p "$pluginpath" "$verbose" 2>&1 >> $logfile &
+    exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS -jar $LOGSTASH_JAR $service -f "$config" -l "$logfile" -p "$pluginpath" $verbose 2>&1 >> $logfile &
     rs=$?
     [ $rs -eq 0 -a "x$pidfile" != "x" ] && printf '%d' $! > "$pidfile"
   fi
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ do
                             verbose="-vv"
                         elif [ "$2" == "info" ]; then
                             verbose="-v"
+                        else
+                            verbose=""
                         fi
                         shift 2
                         ;;
diff --git a/SPECS/logstash.spec b/SPECS/logstash.spec
index 68ec69e..648c244 100644
--- a/SPECS/logstash.spec
+++ b/SPECS/logstash.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 %define base_install_dir /opt/%{name}
 
 Name:           logstash
-Version:        1.1.0.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Version:        1.1.9
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Logstash is a tool for managing events and logs.
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if ! getent group logstash >/dev/null; then
         groupadd -r logstash
 fi
 
-# create ogstash user
+# create logstash user
 if ! getent passwd logstash >/dev/null; then
         useradd -r -g logstash -d %{base_install_dir} \
             -s /sbin/nologin -c "Logstash" logstash
@@ -114,5 +114,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 11 2013 Aaron Blew <aaronblew@gmail.com> - 1.1.9-3
+- Package update
+- Allow overwriting the user/group via sysconfig file
+* Mon Nov  5 2012 Dan Carley <dan.carley@gmail.com> - 1.1.0.1-2
+- Fix variable handling of default log level.
+- Document available log levels.
 * Fri May  4 2012 Maksim Horbul <max@gorbul.net> - 1.1.0-1
 - Initial package