From 9fecd50152fc0d4535e0346e32b23181782a1535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 22:57:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Do not start syslog ourselves

It will be started automatically because it is in our applications. We
also should not include logger in our applications because we don't want
to start it before we start.
---
 README.md        | 5 +++--
 lib/ex_syslog.ex | 1 -
 mix.exs          | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2da16e3..a83e72d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ defp deps do
 end
 ```
 
-Add `:exsyslog` to your list of `included_applications`:
+Add `:exsyslog` to your list of `applications`, be sure to put it at the
+beginning, before `:logger` or anything that requires it:
 
 ```elixir
 def application do
-  [included_applications: [:exsyslog]]
+  [applications: [:exsyslog]]
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/ex_syslog.ex b/lib/ex_syslog.ex
index a59e223..9f6bb20 100644
--- a/lib/ex_syslog.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_syslog.ex
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ defmodule ExSyslog do
   def init({__MODULE__, name}) do
     config = get_config(name, [])
 
-    :syslog.start()
     {:ok, log} = open_log(config)
 
     {:ok, %{name: name, log: log, config: config}}
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 6fd29cb..11b753c 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ defmodule Exsyslog.Mixfile do
   #
   # Type `mix help compile.app` for more information
   def application do
-    [applications: [:logger, :syslog, :poison]]
+    [applications: [:syslog, :poison]]
   end
 
   defp description do