diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index b484e3aa..ba7fe352 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 0.2 ()
+	- replace system("touch") with touch() in finit-mod (Metalshark)
 
 
 0.1 (20081214)
diff --git a/finit-mod.c b/finit-mod.c
index b40955d3..3f3eed4d 100644
--- a/finit-mod.c
+++ b/finit-mod.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void shutdown(int sig)
 {
 	int fd;
 
-	system("/usr/bin/touch /tmp/shutdown");
+	touch("/tmp/shutdown");
 
 	kill(-1, SIGTERM);