diff --git a/examples/initd-example b/examples/initd-example
index 7c0307a4..e2e1818e 100644
--- a/examples/initd-example
+++ b/examples/initd-example
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stop() {
 }
 
 getForeverId() {
-    local pid=$(pidofproc $pidfile)
+    local pid=$(pidofproc -p $pidfile)
     $forever list -p $forever_dir | $sed -e 's/\x1b\[[0-9; ]*m//g' | $awk "\$4 == \"$pid]\" { gsub(/[\[\]]/, \"\", \$1); print \$1; }"
 }
 id=$(getForeverId)