diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
index 67e39aff1..a5e84ec25 100755
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
@@ -493,10 +493,9 @@ sudo chown bitcoin:bitcoin -R /mnt/hdd/bitcoin 2>/dev/null
 # FIX BLOCKING FILES (just in case)
 # https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/1901#issue-774279088
 # https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/1836#issue-755342375
-sudo rm -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoind.pid 2>/dev/null
+sudo rm -f /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoind.pid 2>/dev/null
 sudo rm -f /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/.lock 2>/dev/null
 
-
 #################################
 # MAKE SURE USERS HAVE LATEST LND CREDENTIALS
 #################################
diff --git a/home.admin/assets/bitcoind.service b/home.admin/assets/bitcoind.service
index 495c04f0a..550d23ad6 100644
--- a/home.admin/assets/bitcoind.service
+++ b/home.admin/assets/bitcoind.service
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ After=bootstrap.service
 User=bitcoin
 Group=bitcoin
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
+PIDFile=/mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
 ExecStartPre=-/home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.systemd.sh log blockchain STARTED
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/bitcoind -daemon -conf=/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -pid=/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/bitcoind -daemon -conf=/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -pid=/mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
 KillMode=process
 Restart=always
 TimeoutSec=120