diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run b/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run
index 3761dec6c8c..41b40d4e847 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ for f in cache log; do
 	chown -R _netdata:_netdata /var/${f}/netdata
 done
 
-exec netdata -u netdata -nd
+exec netdata -u _netdata -nd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/template b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
index 4f1b3eeea6b..386abcc9d58 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netdata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'netdata'
 pkgname=netdata
 version=1.1.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"