diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/qmail/type b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/qmail/type
index 24e1098..f92f363 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/qmail/type
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/qmail/type
@@ -1 +1 @@
-service
+configuration
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/qmail b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/qmail
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad56a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/qmail
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  # mini-qmail does not run as service, this is configuration
+  $DB->set_prop("qmail", "type", "configuration") if  ${qmail}{type} eq "service";
+}
diff --git a/smeserver-mini-qmail.spec b/smeserver-mini-qmail.spec
index b97d6bf..761d811 100644
--- a/smeserver-mini-qmail.spec
+++ b/smeserver-mini-qmail.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AutoReqProv: no
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Dec 03 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.1-1.sme
-- initial release of smeserver-mini-qmail from former smeserver-qmail
+- initial release of smeserver-mini-qmail from former smeserver-qmail [SME: 12793]
   . only for final delivery or forward behind qpsmtpd and postfix
   . set /var/qmail/control/qmqpservers server file
   . set junkmail delivery to dovecot-lda