index ae2ff0b..dd9572d 100755
--- a/cntlm
+++ b/cntlm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-proxy/cntlm/files/cntlm.initd,v 1.1 2010/02/24 13:18:14 mduft Exp $

 PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-/var/run/cntlm.pid}
+CNTLM_USER=cntlm

 depend() {
        need net
@@ -11,12 +12,12 @@ depend() {

 start() {
        ebegin "Starting cntlm"
-       start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec /usr/bin/cntlm -- -U cntlm ${CNTLM_OPTS}
+       start-stop-daemon --start --exec /usr/bin/cntlm -- -U ${CNTLM_USER} ${CNTLM_OPTS}
        eend $?
 }

 stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping cntlm"
-       start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile ${PIDFILE}
+       start-stop-daemon --stop --exec /usr/bin/cntlm --user ${CNTLM_USER}
        eend $?
 }