diff --git a/bin/cowrie b/bin/cowrie
index c07e0a2..4db0fad 100755
--- a/bin/cowrie
+++ b/bin/cowrie
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cowrie_start() {
     then
         twistd $XARGS -l log/cowrie.log --umask 0077 --pidfile ${PIDFILE} cowrie
     else
-        authbind --deep twistd $XARGS -l log/cowrie.log --umask 0077 --pidfile cowrie.pid cowrie
+        authbind --deep twistd $XARGS -l log/cowrie.log --umask 0077 --pidfile ${PIDFILE} cowrie
     fi
 }