diff --git a/bitlbee.service-suse.in b/bitlbee.service-suse.in
index 6f05ea0..fc747e0 100644
--- a/bitlbee.service-suse.in
+++ b/bitlbee.service-suse.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Type=forking
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /run/bitlbee
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown bitlbee.bitlbee /run/bitlbee
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/bitlbee
-PIDFile=/var/run/bitlbee/bitlbee.pid 
+PIDFile=/run/bitlbee/bitlbee.pid 
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillMode=process
 Restart=always