diff --git a/bin/control b/bin/control
index fb147ed..d0da0d5 100755
--- a/bin/control
+++ b/bin/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function start {
 }
 
 function stop {
-    if ps `cat etc/celeryd.pid` > /dev/null
+    if ps -p `cat etc/celeryd.pid` > /dev/null 2>$1
     then
         kill -9 `cat etc/celeryd.pid`
     else
diff --git a/etc/celeryd.pid b/etc/celeryd.pid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29