diff --git a/kafka_server/jobs/kafka_server/templates/bin/kafka_ctl.erb b/kafka_server/jobs/kafka_server/templates/bin/kafka_ctl.erb
index 3ba9d0f..28bf864 100644
--- a/kafka_server/jobs/kafka_server/templates/bin/kafka_ctl.erb
+++ b/kafka_server/jobs/kafka_server/templates/bin/kafka_ctl.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ case $1 in
     exec chpst -u vcap:vcap /var/vcap/packages/kafka/kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0/bin/kafka-server-start.sh \
       /var/vcap/packages/kafka/kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0/config/server.properties &
 
-    echo $! >> ${PIDFILE}
+    echo $! > ${PIDFILE}
     ;;
 
   stop)
diff --git a/zookeeper_server/jobs/zookeeper_server/templates/bin/zookeeper_ctl.erb b/zookeeper_server/jobs/zookeeper_server/templates/bin/zookeeper_ctl.erb
index fa70343..bbb8656 100644
--- a/zookeeper_server/jobs/zookeeper_server/templates/bin/zookeeper_ctl.erb
+++ b/zookeeper_server/jobs/zookeeper_server/templates/bin/zookeeper_ctl.erb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case $1 in
     exec chpst -u vcap:vcap /var/vcap/packages/kafka/kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh \
       /var/vcap/packages/kafka/kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0/config/zookeeper.properties &
 
-    echo $! >> ${PIDFILE}
+    echo $! > ${PIDFILE}
 
     ;;