diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index df3427a3..375e3851 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -10,17 +10,14 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 FTLUSER=pihole
+BINARY="/usr/bin/pihole-FTL"
 PIDFILE=/var/run/pihole-FTL.pid
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
-get_pid() {
-    pidof "pihole-FTL"
-}
-
 # Start the service
 start() {
-  if get_pid > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if pidofproc -p "${PIDFILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "pihole-FTL is already running"
   else
     # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
@@ -40,10 +37,10 @@ start() {
     chmod 0644 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole.log
     echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a lo.piholeFTL
     if setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_NET_RAW,CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip "$(which pihole-FTL)"; then
-      start_daemon -p "${PIDFILE}" /usr/bin/su -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL -f" "$FTLUSER" &
+      start_daemon -p "${PIDFILE}" /usr/bin/su -s /bin/sh -c "${BINARY} -f" "$FTLUSER" &
     else
       echo "Warning: Starting pihole-FTL as root because setting capabilities is not supported on this system"
-      start_daemon -p "${PIDFILE}" "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL" -f &
+      start_daemon -p "${PIDFILE}" "${BINARY}" -f &
     fi
     echo
   fi
@@ -51,11 +48,11 @@ start() {
 
 # Stop the service
 stop() {
-  if get_pid > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if pidofproc -p "${PIDFILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     /sbin/resolvconf -d lo.piholeFTL
-    kill "$(get_pid)"
+    killproc -p "${PIDFILE}" "${BINARY}"
     for i in {1..5}; do
-      if ! get_pid > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+      if ! pidofproc -p "${PIDFILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         break
       fi
 
@@ -64,9 +61,9 @@ stop() {
     done
     echo
 
-    if get_pid > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if pidofproc -p "${PIDFILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
       echo "Not stopped; may still be shutting down or shutdown may have failed, killing now"
-      kill -9 "$(get_pid)"
+      killproc -p "${PIDFILE}" "${BINARY}" 9
       exit 1
     else
       echo "Stopped"
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ stop() {
 
 # Indicate the service status
 status() {
-  if get_pid > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if pidofproc -p "${PIDFILE}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "[ ok ] pihole-FTL is running"
     exit 0
   else