diff --git a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/services/loadbalancer/drivers/ha_proxy/haproxy_config.py b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/services/loadbalancer/drivers/ha_proxy/haproxy_config.py
index ed8f2163f72..8501e92d0ea 100644
--- a/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/services/loadbalancer/drivers/ha_proxy/haproxy_config.py
+++ b/src/config/svc-monitor/svc_monitor/services/loadbalancer/drivers/ha_proxy/haproxy_config.py
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def set_globals(sock_path):
     conf = [
         'global',
         'daemon',
-        'user nobody',
-        'group nogroup',
+        'user haproxy',
+        'group haproxy',
         'log /dev/log local0',
         'log /dev/log local1 notice',
         'tune.ssl.default-dh-param 2048',