diff --git a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
index 8531939..f15fff9 100644
--- a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
+++ b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Wants=mysql.service
 Type=forking
 User=cowrie
 Group=cowrie
-PIDFile=/home/cowrie/cowrie/cowrie.pid
-ExecStart=/home/cowrie/cowrie/start.sh
+PIDFile=var/run/cowrie.pid
+ExecStart=/home/cowrie/cowrie/start.sh cowrie-env
 ExecStop=/home/cowrie/cowrie/stop.sh
-ExecReload=/home/cowrie/cowrie/stop.sh && sleep 10 && /home/cowrie/cowrie/start.sh
+ExecReload=/home/cowrie/cowrie/stop.sh && sleep 10 && /home/cowrie/cowrie/start.sh cowrie-env
 WorkingDirectory=/home/cowrie/cowrie/
 Restart=on-failure
 TimeoutSec=300