diff --git a/pkg/node/node.go b/pkg/node/node.go
index 6eb16bc2e8..562b23a042 100644
--- a/pkg/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/node/node.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (node *Node) dir() string {
 }
 
 func (node *Node) pidFile() *os.File {
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(node.dir(), "apps.pid"), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(node.dir(), "apps-pid.txt"), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}