diff --git a/sbin/e4rat_finalize.sh b/sbin/e4rat_finalize.sh
index dd2fa5e..4baa51c 100755
--- a/sbin/e4rat_finalize.sh
+++ b/sbin/e4rat_finalize.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-let timeout=0`grep --color=NO '^[ \t]*timeout' /etc/e4rat.conf | head -n1 | sed 's~[^0-9]\+\([0-9]\+\).*~\1~'`
-
+let timeout=0`grep --color=NO '^[ \t]*timeout' /etc/e4rat.conf | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}'`
 [ 0 -eq $timeout ] && timeout=120
+
+startup_log_file=`grep --color=NO '^[ \t]*\<startup_log_file\>' /etc/e4rat.conf | awk '{print $2}'`
+[[ "" == "$startup_log_file" ]] && startup_log_file=/var/lib/e4rat/startup.log
+
 sleep $timeout
 
 e4rat-collect -k
 pkill e4rat-collect
 
-e4rat-realloc /var/lib/e4rat/startup.log
+e4rat-realloc $startup_log_file
 
 e4rat_switch.sh preload