diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/journal/swh-journal-publisher.service.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/journal/swh-journal-publisher.service.erb
index f7d72b3c222bcedd90e51bdf61d3aea57b886a47..cfe668ed72564f3f02e0aeb43ff520d0a04c5c73 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/journal/swh-journal-publisher.service.erb
+++ b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/journal/swh-journal-publisher.service.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ After=network.target kafka.service
 User=<%= @user %>
 Group=<%= @group %>
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -m swh.journal.publisher
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/swh-journal publisher --config-file <%= @conf_file %>
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5s