diff --git a/debian/ai-auth-server.init b/debian/ai-auth-server.init
index c0daff261233db33bfd83ca202d860fdb53a93c9..e94775de4beb61e0b0e4a523de25a464dae9a2ec 100644
--- a/debian/ai-auth-server.init
+++ b/debian/ai-auth-server.init
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ NAME=ai-auth-server
 DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
 DAEMON_ARGS=""
 AUDIT_SERVER=""
-USER=auth
+USER=ai-auth-server
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME