diff --git a/srcpkgs/btsync/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/btsync/INSTALL
index 6248d17de10..5359bb2eb27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/btsync/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/btsync/INSTALL
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ post)
 	}
 	cp $BUILD_DIR/btsync "usr/bin/btsync"
 	mkdir -p etc
-	./$BUILD_DIR/btsync --dump-sample-config \
-		| sed 's:/home/user/\.sync:/var/lib/btsync:' \
-		| sed 's:btsync/btsync.pid:btsync.pid:' \
-		| sed 's:\/\/ "pid_file":  "pid_file":' \
-		| sed 's:\/\/ "storage_path":  "storage_path":' \
-		> "etc/btsync.conf"
-
+	if [ ! -f etc/btsync.conf ]; then
+		./$BUILD_DIR/btsync --dump-sample-config \
+			| sed 's:/home/user/\.sync:/var/lib/btsync:' \
+			| sed 's:\/\/ "pid_file":  "pid_file":' \
+			| sed 's:\/\/ "storage_path":  "storage_path":' \
+			> "etc/btsync.conf"
+	fi
 ;;
 esac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/btsync/files/btsync/run b/srcpkgs/btsync/files/btsync/run
index 531e8b547f7..1c0fbd71bf0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/btsync/files/btsync/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/btsync/files/btsync/run
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec btsync --nodaemon --config /etc/btsync.conf
\ No newline at end of file
+mkdir -p /run/btsync
+chown -R btsync:btsync /run/btsync
+exec chpst -u btsync:btsync btsync --nodaemon --config /etc/btsync.conf 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/btsync/template b/srcpkgs/btsync/template
index f692d1a320e..7ecf61c512c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/btsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/btsync/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ revision=1
 repository=nonfree
 short_desc="Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology"
 maintainer="Juhani Imberg <juhani@imberg.fi>"
-license="Propietary license"
+license="Proprietary license"
 homepage="https://www.getsync.com"
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ distfiles="https://download-cdn.getsyncapp.com/${version}/linux-${_type}/${_file
 checksum="$_hash"
 skip_extraction=$_filename
 create_wrksrc=yes
+system_accounts="btsync"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/btsync 0770 ${system_accounts} ${system_accounts}"
 
 do_fetch() {
 	mkdir -p $wrksrc
@@ -53,8 +55,5 @@ do_install() {
 
 	vlicense "${FILESDIR}/LICENSE"
 
-	vmkdir var/lib/btsync
-	touch ${DESTDIR}/var/lib/btsync/.keep
-
 	vsv btsync
 }