diff --git a/init.d/runSCdaq.service b/init.d/runSCdaq.service
index 5ac3adc942f406e2873c0f0309731bbeb904bf63..a05d2a2e2185b802970fe0c9f90ee7d5759f9ec4 100644
--- a/init.d/runSCdaq.service
+++ b/init.d/runSCdaq.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Wrapper script to run scdaq
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-PIDFile=/var/log/scdaq/pid
+PIDFile=/run/scdaq.pid
 ExecStart=/opt/scdaq/scripts/run.sh
 User=scouter
 Group=scouter