diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0e985f33f..b8d79b8fa 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void ReadConfigFile(map<string, string>& mapSettingsRet,
 #ifndef WIN32
 boost::filesystem::path GetPidFile()
 {
-    boost::filesystem::path pathPidFile(GetArg("-pid", "litecoin.pid"));
+    boost::filesystem::path pathPidFile(GetArg("-pid", "litecoind.pid"));
     if (!pathPidFile.is_complete()) pathPidFile = GetDataDir() / pathPidFile;
     return pathPidFile;
 }