diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 79c7675..81d4d7b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dns-flood-detector (1.12-3) UNREALESED; urgency=low
   * added Vcs- fields, moved Homepage into source header's field
   * bump standards version to 3.7.3
   * change copyright of packaging to 2008 in debian/copyright
+  * get rid of 'ps aux' in init script and preinst, using pidof instead
 
  -- Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>  Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:48:23 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/init.d b/debian/init.d
index 4feeaee..5783cd6 100644
--- a/debian/init.d
+++ b/debian/init.d
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
 		--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
-	ps aux | grep $DAEMON | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > /var/run/$NAME.pid
+	/bin/pidof $DAEMON > /var/run/$NAME.pid
 	echo "$NAME."
 	;;
   stop)
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   restart|force-reload)
 	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
-		--exec $DAEMON
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
-		--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
-	ps aux | grep $DAEMON | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > /var/run/$NAME.pid
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
+		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
+		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+	/bin/pidof $DAEMON > /var/run/$NAME.pid
 	echo "$NAME."
 	;;
   *)
diff --git a/debian/preinst b/debian/preinst
index f803aee..70d2b78 100755
--- a/debian/preinst
+++ b/debian/preinst
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ set -e
 
 # generate correct pid file, for versions where was non or incorrect
 if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ] && [ "$2" ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" <= "1.12-1"; then
-	ps aux | grep /usr/bin/dns-flood-detector | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > /var/run/dns-flood-detector.pid
+	/bin/pidof dns-flood-detector > /var/run/dns-flood-detector.pid
 fi
 #DEBHELPER#