diff --git a/jvb/rootfs/etc/supervisor/conf.d/20_autoscaler_sidecar.conf b/jvb/rootfs/etc/supervisor/conf.d/20_autoscaler_sidecar.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..606812a324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvb/rootfs/etc/supervisor/conf.d/20_autoscaler_sidecar.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[program:jvb-autoscaler-sidecar]
+command=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/service_wrapper_autoscaler_sidecar"
+autorestart=unexpected
+stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+redirect_stderr=true
diff --git a/jvb/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run b/jvb/rootfs/usr/bin/service_wrapper_autoscaler_sidecar
similarity index 58%
rename from jvb/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run
rename to jvb/rootfs/usr/bin/service_wrapper_autoscaler_sidecar
index 22f775088e..f811d97306 100644
--- a/jvb/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run
+++ b/jvb/rootfs/usr/bin/service_wrapper_autoscaler_sidecar
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
 if [[ -n "$AUTOSCALER_URL" ]] && [[ -f "/etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config" ]]; then
     DAEMON="/usr/bin/node /usr/share/jitsi-autoscaler-sidecar/app.js"
-    exec s6-setuidgid autoscaler-sidecar /bin/bash -c ". /etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config && exec $DAEMON"
+    /bin/bash -c ". /etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config && exec $DAEMON"
 else
     # if autoscaler-sidecar should not be started,
     # prevent s6 from restarting this script again and again
-    s6-svc -O /var/run/s6/services/50-autoscaler-sidecar
+    supervisorctl stop jvb-autoscaler-sidecar
 fi