diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/bash-template b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/bash-template
index 8975fc243..a4065af04 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/bash-template
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/bash-template
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ execRunner () {
     echo ""
   }
 
-  exec "$@"
+  # We Don't use "exec" here for our pids to be accurate.
+  "$@"
 }
 addJava () {
   dlog "[addJava] arg = '$1'"