diff --git a/src/vstart.sh b/src/vstart.sh
index 62052ba8ff7..9251056e573 100755
--- a/src/vstart.sh
+++ b/src/vstart.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ MON_ADDR=""
 
 conf="ceph.conf"
 
-keyring_fn=".ceph_keyring"
+keyring_fn="keyring"
 osdmap_fn="/tmp/ceph_osdmap.$$"
 monmap_fn="/tmp/ceph_monmap.$$"
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ if [ "$start_mon" -eq 1 ]; then
 		        cat <<EOF > $conf
 ; generated by vstart.sh on `date`
 [global]
-        keyring = .ceph_keyring
+        keyring = keyring
         osd pg bits = 3
         osd pgp bits = 5  ; (invalid, but ceph should cope!)
 $extra_conf