diff --git a/killYACY.sh b/killYACY.sh
index 149513c84..8115804d7 100755
--- a/killYACY.sh
+++ b/killYACY.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # To stop YaCy, use stopYACY.sh
 
 cd `dirname $0`
-PID=`fuser yacy.log | awk '{print $2}'`
+PID=`fuser log/yacy00.log | awk '{print $2}'`
 echo "process-id is " $PID
 kill -3 $PID
 sleep 1