diff --git a/roles/syslogd/files/syslog-archive.sh b/roles/syslogd/files/syslog-archive.sh
index 63a646d..9b2f505 100755
--- a/roles/syslogd/files/syslog-archive.sh
+++ b/roles/syslogd/files/syslog-archive.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ _dest="${_archivedir}/$(basename "$_logfile").${_date}"
 mv "$_logfile" "${_dest}"
 touch "$_logfile"
 
-kill -HUP "$(cat /var/log/syslog.pid)"
+kill -HUP "$(cat /var/run/syslog.pid)"
 
 nice gzip -f "$_dest"