diff --git a/logcat/Android.bp b/logcat/Android.bp
index e472d08..61fba59 100644
--- a/logcat/Android.bp
+++ b/logcat/Android.bp
@@ -36,19 +36,13 @@
 
     defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
     srcs: [
-        "logcat_main.cpp",
         "logcat.cpp",
     ],
 }
 
-cc_binary {
+sh_binary {
     name: "logcatd",
-
-    defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
-    srcs: [
-        "logcatd_main.cpp",
-        "logcat.cpp",
-    ],
+    src: "logcatd",
 }
 
 sh_binary {
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index dc84fd2..70ccb80 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#include "logcat.h"
-
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -1177,7 +1175,7 @@
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-int RunLogcat(int argc, char** argv) {
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     Logcat logcat;
     return logcat.Run(argc, argv);
 }
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.h b/logcat/logcat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cc112b..0000000
--- a/logcat/logcat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-int RunLogcat(int argc, char** argv);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logcat/logcat_main.cpp b/logcat/logcat_main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 59ab716..0000000
--- a/logcat/logcat_main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "logcat.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-    signal(SIGPIPE, exit);
-    return RunLogcat(argc, argv);
-}
diff --git a/logcat/logcatd b/logcat/logcatd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..622e567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logcat/logcatd
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#! /system/bin/sh
+
+# This is primarily meant to be used by logpersist.  This script is run as an init service, which
+# first reads the 'last' logcat to persistent storage with `-L` then run logcat again without
+# `-L` to read the current logcat buffers to persistent storage.
+
+has_last="false"
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if [ "$arg" == "-L" -o "$arg" == "--last" ]; then
+    has_last="true"
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$has_last" == "true" ]; then
+  logcat "$@"
+fi
+
+args_without_last=()
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if [ "$arg" != "-L" -a "$arg" != "--last" ]; then
+    ARGS+=("$arg")
+  fi
+done
+
+exec logcat "${ARGS[@]}"
diff --git a/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp b/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 4da933f..0000000
--- a/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "logcat.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-    signal(SIGPIPE, exit);
-
-    // Save and detect presence of -L or --last flag
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    bool last = false;
-    for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
-        if (!argv[i]) continue;
-        args.push_back(std::string(argv[i]));
-        if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-L") || !strcmp(argv[i], "--last")) last = true;
-    }
-
-    // Generate argv from saved content
-    std::vector<const char*> argv_hold;
-    for (auto& str : args) argv_hold.push_back(str.c_str());
-    argv_hold.push_back(nullptr);
-
-    int ret = 0;
-    if (last) {
-        // Run logcat command with -L flag
-        ret = RunLogcat(argv_hold.size() - 1, (char**)&argv_hold[0]);
-        // Remove -L and --last flags from argument list
-        for (std::vector<const char*>::iterator it = argv_hold.begin();
-             it != argv_hold.end();) {
-            if (!*it || (strcmp(*it, "-L") && strcmp(*it, "--last"))) {
-                ++it;
-            } else {
-                it = argv_hold.erase(it);
-            }
-        }
-        // fall through to re-run the command regardless of the arguments
-        // passed in.  For instance, we expect -h to report help stutter.
-    }
-
-    // Run logcat command without -L flag
-    int retval = RunLogcat(argv_hold.size() - 1, (char**)&argv_hold[0]);
-    if (!ret) ret = retval;
-    return ret;
-}
diff --git a/logcat/logpersist b/logcat/logpersist
index c09b6b2..05b46f0 100755
--- a/logcat/logpersist
+++ b/logcat/logpersist
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@
     echo "WARNING: Can not use --size or --buffer with ${progname%.*}.stop" >&2
   fi
   if [ "true" = "${clear}" ]; then
-    setprop ${property} "clear"
+    setprop ${property#persist.} "clear"
   else
-    setprop ${property} "stop"
+    setprop ${property#persist.} "stop"
   fi
   if [ -n "`getprop ${property#persist.}.buffer`" ]; then
     setprop ${property}.buffer ""