diff --git a/rabbitmq-script-wrapper b/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9aae4f3..137d420
--- a/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+++ b/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ maybe_fixup_erlang_cookie() {
     _erlang_cookie="$_rabbitmq_home/.erlang.cookie"
     if [ -f "$_erlang_cookie" ]
     then
-        chown @RABBITMQ_USER@:@RABBITMQ_GROUP@ "$_erlang_cookie"
+        chown rabbitmq:rabbitmq "$_erlang_cookie"
         chmod 400 "$_erlang_cookie"
     fi
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ exec_rabbitmq_server() {
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   . "$RABBITMQ_ENV"
 
-  exec /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@" @STDOUT_STDERR_REDIRECTION@
+  exec /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@"
 }
 
 run_script_as_rabbitmq() {