diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6b355e05..3d872b73 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ byobu (5.41) unreleased; urgency=low
 
   * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
     - need to use prefix
+  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
+    - run byobu-janitor in a new session, rather than a new window
+      + on Mac (tmux 1.8), it seems that the tmux session does not
+        yet exist, so this fails
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 08 May 2013 13:36:07 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
index d009aa43..172432bc 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 # Initialize environment, clean up
 set-environment -g BYOBU_BACKEND tmux
-new-window -d byobu-janitor
+new-session -d byobu-janitor
 set -s escape-time 0
 
 # Change to Screen's ctrl-a escape sequence and use screen-like keys