diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/internal/BaseComputeService.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/internal/BaseComputeService.java
index 422887ab6f..c36e6c97af 100755
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/internal/BaseComputeService.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/internal/BaseComputeService.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
-import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.InitBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statements;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.util.Utils;
@@ -175,9 +174,6 @@ public class BaseComputeService implements ComputeService {
             throws RunNodesException {
       checkArgument(tag.indexOf('-') == -1, "tag cannot contain hyphens");
       checkNotNull(template.getLocation(), "location");
-      if (template.getOptions().getTaskName() == null && template.getOptions().getRunScript() != null
-               && !(template.getOptions().getRunScript() instanceof InitBuilder))
-         template.getOptions().nameTask("bootstrap");
       logger.debug(">> running %d node%s tag(%s) location(%s) image(%s) hardwareProfile(%s) options(%s)", count,
                count > 1 ? "s" : "", tag, template.getLocation().getId(), template.getImage().getId(), template
                         .getHardware().getId(), template.getOptions());
diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/util/ComputeUtils.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/util/ComputeUtils.java
index 8c54977605..9c7392d73a 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/util/ComputeUtils.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/util/ComputeUtils.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants.Timeouts;
 import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.SshCallable;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.InitBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.AuthorizeRSAPublicKey;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.InstallRSAPrivateKey;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statement;
@@ -144,8 +145,11 @@ public class ComputeUtils {
          bootstrap.add(options.getRunScript());
       if (options.getPrivateKey() != null)
          bootstrap.add(new InstallRSAPrivateKey(options.getPrivateKey()));
-      if (bootstrap.size() >= 1)
+      if (bootstrap.size() >= 1) {
+         if (options.getTaskName() == null && !(options.getRunScript() instanceof InitBuilder))
+            options.nameTask("bootstrap");
          runScriptOnNode(node, bootstrap.size() == 1 ? bootstrap.get(0) : new StatementList(bootstrap), options);
+      }
       return node;
    }