diff --git a/system/sbin/kazoo-haproxy b/system/sbin/kazoo-haproxy
index af7d0fe..028ba45 100755
--- a/system/sbin/kazoo-haproxy
+++ b/system/sbin/kazoo-haproxy
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ start() {
 	chown -R ${USER} /var/run/haproxy
 	mkdir -p /var/log/haproxy
 	chown -R ${USER} /var/log/haproxy
+	touch ${PID_FILE}
+	chown ${USER} ${PID_FILE}
 
 	cd ${HOME}
 	if [ "$(whoami)" == "${USER}" ]; then
diff --git a/system/systemd/kazoo-bigcouch.service b/system/systemd/kazoo-bigcouch.service
index 31551e2..0124f01 100644
--- a/system/systemd/kazoo-bigcouch.service
+++ b/system/systemd/kazoo-bigcouch.service
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-User=bigcouch
-Group=daemon
 WorkingDirectory=/srv
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kazoo-bigcouch start
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/kazoo-bigcouch stop
diff --git a/system/systemd/kazoo-freeswitch.service b/system/systemd/kazoo-freeswitch.service
index d4f0fcb..5348159 100644
--- a/system/systemd/kazoo-freeswitch.service
+++ b/system/systemd/kazoo-freeswitch.service
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 After=postgresql.service postgresql-9.3.service postgresql-9.4.service mysqld.service httpd.service
 
 [Service]
-User=freeswitch
 # RuntimeDirectory is not yet supported in CentOS 7. A workaround is to use /etc/tmpfiles.d/freeswitch.conf
 #RuntimeDirectory=/run/freeswitch
 #RuntimeDirectoryMode=0750
diff --git a/system/systemd/kazoo-haproxy.service b/system/systemd/kazoo-haproxy.service
index b5f8f25..71719f7 100644
--- a/system/systemd/kazoo-haproxy.service
+++ b/system/systemd/kazoo-haproxy.service
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Description=HAProxy Load Balancer Configured for Kazoo
 After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
-User=haproxy
-Group=haproxy
 Environment=HAPROXY_BIN=/usr/sbin/haproxy-systemd-wrapper
 Environment=HAPROXY_PID=/run/haproxy.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kazoo-haproxy foreground
diff --git a/system/systemd/kazoo-kamailio.service b/system/systemd/kazoo-kamailio.service
index fa2a1d8..8984fc9 100644
--- a/system/systemd/kazoo-kamailio.service
+++ b/system/systemd/kazoo-kamailio.service
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Description=Kamailio (OpenSER) - the Open Source SIP Server Configured for Kazoo
 After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
-User=kamailio
-Group=kamailio
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kazoo-kamailio foreground
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 Restart=on-abort
diff --git a/system/systemd/kazoo-rabbitmq.service b/system/systemd/kazoo-rabbitmq.service
index adbcdec..73e77fe 100644
--- a/system/systemd/kazoo-rabbitmq.service
+++ b/system/systemd/kazoo-rabbitmq.service
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-User=rabbitmq
-Group=rabbitmq
 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/rabbitmq
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/kazoo-rabbitmq start
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/kazoo-rabbitmq stop