diff --git a/builder/build-latest b/builder/build-latest
index ff17e18..7b347eb 100755
--- a/builder/build-latest
+++ b/builder/build-latest
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ for output in "${outputs[@]}"; do
     mkdir -p $overlaydstpath/etc/{cont-init.d,fix-attrs.d,services.d}
     mkdir -p $overlaydstpath/var/log/s6-uncaught-logs
 
-    # create event directory in fdholder, its needed for no-catchall
+    # create "supervise" directory in fdholder, its needed for no-catchall
     # stage2 wake up
-    mkdir -p $overlaydstpath/etc/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/event
-    chmod 3730 $overlaydstpath/etc/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/event
+    mkdir -p $overlaydstpath/etc/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/supervise
+    chmod 0700 $overlaydstpath/etc/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/supervise
 
     # fix fix-attrs perms
     chmod 0755 $overlaydstpath/usr/bin/fix-attrs
diff --git a/builder/overlay-rootfs/etc/s6/init-no-catchall/init-stage1 b/builder/overlay-rootfs/etc/s6/init-no-catchall/init-stage1
index c3fd626..51868ec 100644
--- a/builder/overlay-rootfs/etc/s6/init-no-catchall/init-stage1
+++ b/builder/overlay-rootfs/etc/s6/init-no-catchall/init-stage1
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ if { s6-hiercopy /etc/s6/services /var/run/s6/services }
 if { s6-rmrf /var/run/s6/services/s6-svscan-log }
 
 
+##
+## ensure our vital fifo exists
+##
+
+if { s6-mkfifo -m 0600 /var/run/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/supervise/control }
+
+
 ##
 ## fork the "init-stage2" script
 ##
@@ -16,15 +23,8 @@ if { s6-rmrf /var/run/s6/services/s6-svscan-log }
 background
 {
   # block until the supervision tree is running
-  # NOTE: start waiting as soon as possible because we can get
-  # into a race condition if "s" was already sent before we
-  # started listening to the fifodir.
-  if
-  {
-    # keep stderr open, but avoid "s" printing to the outside
-    redirfd -w 1 /dev/null
-    s6-ftrig-wait /var/run/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/event "s"
-  }
+  redirfd -w 3 /var/run/s6/services/s6-fdholderd/supervise/control
+  fdclose 3
 
   # add some environment
   s6-envdir -- /etc/s6/init/env-stage2
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ background
 }
 unexport !
 
+
 ##
 ## run the rest of stage 1 with sanitized descriptors
 ##