diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
index b55da7e29..478375a5e 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ bind_ip = 127.0.0.1
 port = 27018
 
 # Fork server process (false by default)
-fork = true
+# fork = true
 
 # Full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is created)
-pidfilepath = /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
+# pidfilepath = /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
 
 # Log file to send write to instead of stdout - has to be a file, not directory
 logpath = /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
index e93a9ecf8..328682a10 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ Description=High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database
 After=syslog.target network.target
  
 [Service]
-Type=forking
+Type=simple
 User=mongodb
 Group=mongodb
-PIDFile=/var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
-#EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/mongodb 
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --fork -f /etc/mongod.conf
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod  -f /etc/mongod.conf
  
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target