diff --git a/templates/etc/systemd/system/plone.service.j2 b/templates/etc/systemd/system/plone.service.j2
index fc327fb49eb314553c3ec867a56638446c404b86..7e670eb29e96b6f53087bec6400f1c4c1b052a3d 100644
--- a/templates/etc/systemd/system/plone.service.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/systemd/system/plone.service.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 [Service]
 User=plone_daemon
 Type=forking
-PIDFile={{ plone_var_path }}/instance.pid"
+PIDFile={{ plone_var_path }}/instance.pid
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/plone-{{ plone_instance_name }}
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/plone-{{ plone_instance_name }}
 ExecStart={{ plone_install_path }}/{{ plone_instance_name }}/bin/plonectl start