diff --git a/rel/vm.args b/rel/vm.args
index 93f34bb3..e91821ec 100644
--- a/rel/vm.args
+++ b/rel/vm.args
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## http://erlang.org/doc/man/erl.html
 
 ## Name of the node
--name <%= release_name %>@127.0.0.1
+-name ${NODENAME}@127.0.0.1
 
 ## Cookie for distributed erlang
 -setcookie <%= release.profile.cookie %>