diff --git a/spec/ubuntu_package_spec.rb b/spec/ubuntu_package_spec.rb
index f98a0ec..8d69341 100644
--- a/spec/ubuntu_package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ubuntu_package_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   it 'renders the nrpe config' do
     expect(chef_run).to render_file('/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg').with_content('include_dir=/etc/nagios/')
-    expect(chef_run).to render_file('/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg').with_content('pid_file=/var/run/nagios/nrpe.pid')
+    expect(chef_run).to render_file('/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg').with_content('pid_file=/var/run/nrpe/nrpe.pid')
   end
 
   it 'creates nrpe.d directory' do
diff --git a/templates/default/nagios-nrpe-server.erb b/templates/default/nagios-nrpe-server.erb
index 1e70bd5..af2e51e 100644
--- a/templates/default/nagios-nrpe-server.erb
+++ b/templates/default/nagios-nrpe-server.erb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ case "$1" in
 start)
   # Start daemon.
   echo -n "Starting <%= node['nrpe']['service_name'] %>: "
+  install -o <%= node['nrpe']['user'] %> -g <%= node['nrpe']['group'] %> -d `dirname $PidFile`
   <% if ['rhel', 'fedora'].include?(node['platform_family']) -%>daemon $NrpeBin -c $NrpeCfg -d<% else -%>start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $NrpeBin -- -c $NrpeCfg -d<% end -%>
   echo
   ;;