diff --git a/conf/seafile-server b/conf/seafile-server
index b0b38dd..e4dfa2f 100644
--- a/conf/seafile-server
+++ b/conf/seafile-server
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 # Change the value of "user" to your linux user name
-user=www-data
+user=SEAFILE_USER
 
 # Change the value of "script_path" to your path of seafile installation
 seafile_dir=SEAFILE_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index ea2fafa..7587765 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ ynh_replace_string WEBDAV_PORT $webdav_port $final_path/conf/seafdav.conf
 cp ../conf/seafile-server /etc/init.d
 ynh_replace_string SEAHUB_PORT $seahub_port /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 ynh_replace_string SEAFILE_DIR $final_path /etc/init.d/seafile-server
+ynh_replace_string SEAFILE_USER $seafile_user /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 chmod +x /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 systemctl daemon-reload
 update-rc.d seafile-server defaults
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index 8447431..cc02315 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ config_nginx
 cp ../conf/seafile-server /etc/init.d
 ynh_replace_string SEAHUB_PORT $seahub_port /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 ynh_replace_string SEAFILE_DIR $final_path /etc/init.d/seafile-server
+ynh_replace_string SEAFILE_USER $seafile_user /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 chmod +x /etc/init.d/seafile-server
 systemctl daemon-reload