diff --git a/files/mynettcptable.in b/files/mynettcptable.in
index 5fece35..14a4bcd 100644
--- a/files/mynettcptable.in
+++ b/files/mynettcptable.in
@@ -29,12 +29,23 @@ load_rc_config $name
 : ${mynettcptable_enable="NO"}
 : ${mynettcptable_config="/usr/local/etc/mynettcptable.conf"}
 : ${mynettcptable_loglevel="warn"}
-: ${mynettcptable_user:="mynettcptable"}
-: ${mynettcptable_pidfile:="/var/run/mynettcptable.pid"}
+: ${mynettcptable_user:="nobody"}
 : ${mynettcptable_logfile="/var/log/mynettcptable.log"}
 
-command="/usr/local/bin/mynettcptable"
-command_args="-config=\${mynettcptable_config} -logLevel=\${mynettcptable_loglevel} -logLevel=\${mynettcptable_loglevel} > ${mynettcptable_logfile} 2>&1"
-start_cmd="/usr/sbin/daemon -u ${mynettcptable_user} ${command} ${command_args}"
+pidfile="/var/run/${name}/${name}.pid"
+mynettcptable_command="/usr/local/bin/mynettcptable"
+
+start_precmd="mynettcptable_prestart"
+command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
+command_args="-P ${pidfile} -u ${mynettcptable_user} -r -f ${mynettcptable_command} -config=${mynettcptable_config} -logLevel=${mynettcptable_loglevel} -logLevel=${mynettcptable_loglevel} >> ${mynettcptable_logfile} 2>&1"
+
+mynettcptable_prestart()
+{
+  mkdir /var/run/${name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+  touch ${mynettcptable_logfile}
+  chown ${mynettcptable_user} /var/run/${name}
+  chown ${mynettcptable_user} ${mynettcptable_logfile}
+}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
+