diff --git a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
index f15fff96..ef884750 100644
--- a/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
+++ b/doc/systemd/cowrie.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Wants=mysql.service
 Type=forking
 User=cowrie
 Group=cowrie
-PIDFile=var/run/cowrie.pid
+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 cowrie-env