diff --git a/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index bbf6495..6f8082f 100644
--- a/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 user {{ nginx_user }} {{ nginx_group }};
 worker_processes {{ nginx_worker_processes }};
 
-pid /run/nginx.pid;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
 
 events {
   worker_connections {{ nginx_worker_connections }};