diff --git a/grub/grub_void.cfg.in b/grub/grub_void.cfg.in
index c5134bd..4748284 100644
--- a/grub/grub_void.cfg.in
+++ b/grub/grub_void.cfg.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ cpuid -l ]; then
     menuentry "@@BOOT_TITLE@@ @@KERNVER@@ (@@ARCH@@)" {
         set gfxpayload="keep"
         linux (${voidlive})/boot/vmlinuz \
-		root=live:CDLABEL=VOID_LIVE ro \
+		root=live:CDLABEL=VOID_LIVE ro init=/sbin/init \
 		rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 loglevel=4 gpt add_efi_memmap \
 		vconsole.unicode=1 vconsole.keymap=@@KEYMAP@@ \
 		locale.LANG=@@LOCALE@@ @@BOOT_CMDLINE@@
diff --git a/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.in b/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.in
index c8abb4b..a026344 100644
--- a/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.in
+++ b/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ MENU COLOR sel          * #ffffffff #FF5255FF *
 LABEL linux
 MENU LABEL @@BOOT_TITLE@@ @@KERNVER@@ @@ARCH@@
 KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
-APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd root=live:CDLABEL=VOID_LIVE ro rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 loglevel=4 vconsole.unicode=1 vconsole.keymap=@@KEYMAP@@ locale.LANG=@@LOCALE@@ @@BOOT_CMDLINE@@
+APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd root=live:CDLABEL=VOID_LIVE init=/sbin/init ro rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 loglevel=4 vconsole.unicode=1 vconsole.keymap=@@KEYMAP@@ locale.LANG=@@LOCALE@@ @@BOOT_CMDLINE@@
 LABEL c
 MENU LABEL Boot first HD found by BIOS
 COM32 chain.c32