diff --git a/service/haproxy/run b/service/haproxy/run
index ca91dabf..52ee4d18 100755
--- a/service/haproxy/run
+++ b/service/haproxy/run
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ reload() {
   socat /var/run/haproxy/socket - <<< "show servers state" > /var/state/haproxy/global
 
   # Trigger reload
-  haproxy -p $PIDFILE -f /marathon-lb/haproxy.cfg -D -sf $(cat $PIDFILE)
+  haproxy -p $PIDFILE -f /marathon-lb/haproxy.cfg -D -sf $(pidof haproxy)
 
   # Remove the firewall rules
   removeFirewallRules