diff --git a/config/carbon b/config/carbon
index 7b5ef4a..22216cd 100755
--- a/config/carbon
+++ b/config/carbon
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@ touch /var/lock/carbon
 
 GRAPHITE_HOME=/opt/graphite
 CARBON_USER=www-data
+PIDFILE=/var/run/carbon/carbon.pid
 
 # Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
 case "$1" in
     start)
         echo "Starting script carbon "
-        su $CARBON_USER -c "cd $GRAPHITE_HOME"; su $CARBON_USR -c "$GRAPHITE_HOME/bin/carbon-cache.py start"
+        su $CARBON_USER -c "cd $GRAPHITE_HOME && $GRAPHITE_HOME/bin/carbon-cache.py --pidfile $PIDFILE start"
         ;;
     stop)
         echo "Stopping script carbon"
-        su $CARBON_USER -c "cd $GRAPHITE_HOME"; su $CARBON_USR -c "$GRAPHITE_HOME/bin/carbon-cache.py stop"
+        su $CARBON_USER -c "cd $GRAPHITE_HOME && $GRAPHITE_HOME/bin/carbon-cache.py --pidfile $PIDFILE stop"
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/carbon {start|stop}"
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 05269dc..2712baf 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ def graphite_install():
     with cd('/opt/graphite/conf/'):
         sudo('cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf')
         sudo('cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf')
+    # setting carbon pid folder and permissions
+    sudo('mkdir -p /var/run/carbon')
+    sudo('chown -R www-data: /var/run/carbon')
 
     # starting uwsgi
     sudo('supervisorctl update && supervisorctl start uwsgi')