diff --git a/init/property_service.c b/init/property_service.c
index 61dd86f..5780001 100755
--- a/init/property_service.c
+++ b/init/property_service.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         /* dev is a tmpfs that we can use to carve a shared workspace
          * out of, so let's do that...
          */
-    fd = open("/dev/__properties__", O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_NOFOLLOW, 0600);
+    fd = open(PROP_FILENAME, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_NOFOLLOW, 0644);
     if (fd < 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -136,12 +136,10 @@
 
     close(fd);
 
-    fd = open("/dev/__properties__", O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
+    fd = open(PROP_FILENAME, O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
     if (fd < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    unlink("/dev/__properties__");
-
     w->data = data;
     w->size = size;
     w->fd = fd;