diff --git a/libs/nftk_socket_controller.py b/libs/nftk_socket_controller.py
index 64ddcf3..c4350b5 100755
--- a/libs/nftk_socket_controller.py
+++ b/libs/nftk_socket_controller.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def spawn_socket(self, t_instance=0):
                     runstmt.append(self.torarguments[k] % bcp)
                 elif k == '--PidFile':
                     runstmt.append(k)
-                    runstmt.append(self.torarguments[k] % str(t_instance))
+                    runstmt.append(self.torarguments[k] % (str(t_instance), str(t_instance)))
                 elif k == '--SocksPort':
                     runstmt.append(k)
                     runstmt.append(self.torarguments[k] % (self.selfip,bsp))
diff --git a/vars/socket_controller_vars.py b/vars/socket_controller_vars.py
index 8008364..febd9c5 100644
--- a/vars/socket_controller_vars.py
+++ b/vars/socket_controller_vars.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def createRandAlpha(length=0):
 torarguments = {"--RunAsDaemon":'1',
                 "--CookieAuthentication":'0',
                 "--ControlPort":'%s',
-                "--PidFile":'tor%s.pid',
+                "--PidFile":datadir + '/tor%s/tor%s.pid',
                 "--SocksPort":'%s:%s',
                 "--DataDirectory":datadir + '/tor%s'
                 #"--HashedControlPassword":createTorPassword(secret=createRandAlpha(length=5)),