diff --git a/libweave/examples/ubuntu/avahi_client.cc b/libweave/examples/ubuntu/avahi_client.cc
index 58d11d0..9c8cc0d 100644
--- a/libweave/examples/ubuntu/avahi_client.cc
+++ b/libweave/examples/ubuntu/avahi_client.cc
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
 }  // namespace
 
 AvahiClient::AvahiClient() {
-  CHECK_EQ(0, std::system("service avahi-daemon status | grep running || "
-                          "service avahi-daemon start"));
   thread_pool_.reset(avahi_threaded_poll_new());
   CHECK(thread_pool_);
 
+  LOG(INFO) << "connecting to avahi-daemon";
   int ret = 0;
   client_.reset(avahi_client_new(avahi_threaded_poll_get(thread_pool_.get()),
                                  {}, nullptr, this, &ret));