diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/files/zuul-executor.init b/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/files/zuul-executor.init
index fd098a17a2..d0cbe95c38 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/files/zuul-executor.init
+++ b/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/files/zuul-executor.init
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ NAME=zuul-executor
 DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/zuul-executor
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME/$NAME.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-USER=zuul
+USER=zuuld
 
 # Exit if the package is not installed
 [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0