diff --git a/virtualmin-nginx-lib.pl b/virtualmin-nginx-lib.pl
index 7dc486a..df3dd67 100644
--- a/virtualmin-nginx-lib.pl
+++ b/virtualmin-nginx-lib.pl
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ sub setup_php_fcgi_server
 &init::enable_at_boot($name,
 	      "Start Nginx PHP fcgi server for $d->{'dom'}",
 	      &command_as_user($d->{'user'}, 0,
-		"$envs $cmd >>$log 2>&1 </dev/null & echo \$! >$pidfile"),
+		"$envs $cmd >>$log 2>&1 </dev/null")." & echo \$! >$pidfile && chmod +r $pidfile",
 	      &command_as_user($d->{'user'}, 0,
 		"kill `cat $pidfile`")." ; sleep 1",
 	      undef,