diff --git a/nginx.changes b/nginx.changes
index 239c0c5..69b1088 100644
--- a/nginx.changes
+++ b/nginx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar  3 10:24:27 UTC 2024 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
+
+- logrotate: don't fail if service not running
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 22 14:08:07 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/nginx.logrotate b/nginx.logrotate
index 5ca17a5..6d64cb6 100644
--- a/nginx.logrotate
+++ b/nginx.logrotate
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
     notifempty
     delaycompress
     lastaction
-      # -s reopen will use the pid file passed in the config file or the compiled in default path
-      /usr/sbin/nginx -s reopen
-    endscript  
+      # "-s reopen" will use the pid file passed in the config file or the compiled in default path
+      [ -f /run/nginx.pid ] && /usr/sbin/nginx -s reopen
+    endscript
 }
-