diff --git a/prosody.cfg.lua.dist b/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
index 267a650..ce00478 100644
--- a/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
+++ b/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 -- The only thing left to do is rename this file to remove the .dist ending, and fill in the
 -- blanks. Good luck, and happy Jabbering!
 
+daemonize = true
+pidfile = "/run/prosody/prosody.pid"

 ---------- Server-wide settings ----------
 -- Settings in this section apply to the whole server and are the default settings
@@ -183,13 +185,12 @@ archive_expires_after = "1w" -- Remove archived messages after 1 week
 -- Logging configuration
 -- For advanced logging see https://prosody.im/doc/logging
 log = {
-	info = "prosody.log"; -- Change 'info' to 'debug' for verbose logging
-	error = "prosody.err";
-	-- "*syslog"; -- Uncomment this for logging to syslog
+    -- info = "prosody.log"; -- Change 'info' to 'debug' for verbose logging
+    -- error = "prosody.err";
+    "*syslog"; -- Uncomment this for logging to syslog
	-- "*console"; -- Log to the console, useful for debugging when running in the foreground
 }

-
 -- Uncomment to enable statistics
 -- For more info see https://prosody.im/doc/statistics
 -- statistics = "internal"