diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/netdata/netdata/netdata.service b/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/netdata/netdata/netdata.service
index ca13f72871..f4911f3b6e 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/netdata/netdata/netdata.service
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/netdata/netdata/netdata.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/netdata
-ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R netdata.netdata /var/log/netdata
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R netdata:netdata /var/log/netdata
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/netdata -D -u netdata