diff --git a/etc/linux-runit/run b/etc/linux-runit/run
index 7832d4bb4..9e9352703 100644
--- a/etc/linux-runit/run
+++ b/etc/linux-runit/run
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ export USERNAME=jb
 export HOME="/home/$USERNAME"
 export SYNCTHING="$HOME/bin/syncthing"
 
-setuidgid "$USERNAME" "$SYNCTHING" -logflags 0 2>&1 | logger -t syncthing
+chpst -u "$USERNAME" "$SYNCTHING" -logflags 0 2>&1 | logger -t syncthing