diff --git a/libsystemd/sd-daemon.c b/libsystemd/sd-daemon.c
index c58ab7fd..94c72304 100644
--- a/libsystemd/sd-daemon.c
+++ b/libsystemd/sd-daemon.c
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ int sd_notify(int unset_environment, const char *state)
 		unsetenv("NOTIFY_SOCKET");
 
 	written = write(sd, state, len);
-	if (written != (ssize_t) len) {
-		close(sd);
+	close(sd);
+	if (written != (ssize_t) len)
 		return written < 0 ? -errno : -EPROTO;
-	}
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/finit.c b/src/finit.c
index 86aa7119..06c88f13 100644
--- a/src/finit.c
+++ b/src/finit.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 #ifdef _LIBITE_LITE
 # include <libite/lite.h>
 #else
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/*
 	 * Clear command line arguments for ps display, issue #442
 	 */
+	prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "init", 0, 0, 0);
 	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 		memset(argv[i], 0, strlen(argv[i]));
 
diff --git a/src/logit.c b/src/logit.c
index 8ebdd21f..b9d6d781 100644
--- a/src/logit.c
+++ b/src/logit.c
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ static int parse_level(char **buf, int default_level)
 
 static int do_log(int level, char *msg)
 {
-	syslog(parse_level(&msg, level), "%s", msg);
+	level = parse_level(&msg, level);
+	syslog(level, "%s", msg);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ static int parse_prio(char *arg, int *fac, int *lvl)
 		}
 
 		if (found == -1)
-			return 1;
+			goto notfound;
 
 		*fac = found;
 		prio = ptr;
@@ -179,11 +181,15 @@ static int parse_prio(char *arg, int *fac, int *lvl)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (found == -1)
+	if (found == -1) {
+	notfound:
+		if (duparg)
+			free(duparg);
 		return 1;
+	}
 	*lvl = found;
 
-	if (duparg != arg)
+	if (duparg)
 		free(duparg);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 6b35519f..673d8799 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@ static int service_start(svc_t *svc)
 			close(fd);
 		result = -1;
 		goto fail;
-	}
-	if (pid > 1) {
+	} else if (pid > 0) {
 		struct sockaddr_un sun;
 		size_t len;
 
@@ -722,19 +721,19 @@ static int service_start(svc_t *svc)
 			}
 			/* fallthrough */
 		case SVC_NOTIFY_S6:
-			close(fd); /* client-end of pipefd for s6 notify */
+			if (svc->notify == SVC_NOTIFY_S6)
+				close(fd); /* client-end of pipefd for s6 notify */
+
 			result = uev_io_init(ctx, &svc->notify_watcher, service_notify_cb, svc, sd, UEV_READ);
 			if (result < 0) {
 				err(1, "%s: failed setting up notify callback", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0));
-				if (svc->notify == SVC_NOTIFY_S6)
-					close(fd);
 				close(sd);
 				break;
 			}
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-	} else if (pid == 0) {
+	} else { /* pid == 0 */
 		char str[strlen(NOTIFY_PATH) + 32];
 		char *args[MAX_NUM_SVC_ARGS + 1];
 		int status;
@@ -885,8 +884,6 @@ static int service_start(svc_t *svc)
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "failed starting %s, exit code %d: %s", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0),
 		       status, strerror(errno));
 		_exit(status);
-	} else if (debug) {
-		dbg("Starting PID %d: %s", svc->pid, cmdline);
 	}
 
 	if (!svc_is_sysv(svc))