diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime-setup/load.php b/airtime_mvc/build/airtime-setup/load.php
index d926cbb25..fb8ee7213 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime-setup/load.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/build/airtime-setup/load.php
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ function checkRMQConnection() {
  * @return boolean true if airtime-analyzer is running
  */
 function checkAnalyzerService() {
-    exec("pgrep -f -u www-data airtime_analyzer", $out, $status);
-    if (array_key_exists(0, $out) && $status == 0) {
+    exec("pgrep -f airtime_analyzer", $out, $status);
+    if (($out > 0) && $status == 0) {
         return posix_kill(rtrim($out[0]), 0);
     }
     return $status == 0;
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ function checkAnalyzerService() {
  * @return boolean true if airtime-playout is running
  */
 function checkPlayoutService() {
-    exec("pgrep -f -u www-data airtime-playout", $out, $status);
-    if (array_key_exists(0, $out) && $status == 0) {
+    exec("pgrep -f airtime-playout", $out, $status);
+    if ($out > 0) {
         return posix_kill(rtrim($out[0]), 0);
     }
     return $status == 0;
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ function checkPlayoutService() {
  * @return boolean true if airtime-liquidsoap is running
  */
 function checkLiquidsoapService() {
-    exec("pgrep -f -u www-data airtime-liquidsoap", $out, $status);
-    if (array_key_exists(0, $out) && $status == 0) {
+    exec("pgrep -f airtime-liquidsoap", $out, $status);
+    if ($out > 0) {
         return posix_kill(rtrim($out[0]), 0);
     }
     return $status == 0;