diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 3da9d14d..271c3e44 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         'user'    => 'haproxy',
         'group'   => 'haproxy',
         'daemon'  => '',
-        'stats'   => 'socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats',
+        'stats'   => 'socket /var/run/haproxy.sock mode 600 level admin',
       }
       $defaults_options  = {
         'log'     => 'global',