diff --git a/src/elogd.cxx b/src/elogd.cxx
index b80d3587..7c88fac7 100755
--- a/src/elogd.cxx
+++ b/src/elogd.cxx
@@ -27190,6 +27190,7 @@ void interprete(char *lbook, const char *path)
       _logging_level = 2;
    set_condition("");
    message_id = atoi(dec_path);
+   uname[0] = 0;
 
    /* evaluate "jcmd" */
    if (isparam("jcmd") && *getparam("jcmd"))