diff --git a/src/templates/gnocchi-api.conf b/src/templates/gnocchi-api.conf
index 0474b00..93d1f1c 100644
--- a/src/templates/gnocchi-api.conf
+++ b/src/templates/gnocchi-api.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Listen {{ options.service_listen_info.gnocchi_api.public_port }}
 
 <VirtualHost *:{{ options.service_listen_info.gnocchi_api.public_port }}>
-    WSGIDaemonProcess gnocchi-api processes={{ options.wsgi_worker_context.processes }} threads=10 user=gnocchi display-name=%{GROUP}
+    WSGIDaemonProcess gnocchi-api processes={{ options.wsgi_worker_context.processes }} threads=10 user=gnocchi group=gnocchi display-name=%{GROUP}
     WSGIProcessGroup gnocchi-api
     WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/share/gnocchi-common/app.wsgi
     WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
diff --git a/src/templates/newton/gnocchi-api.conf b/src/templates/newton/gnocchi-api.conf
index 6845775..cef4fa4 100644
--- a/src/templates/newton/gnocchi-api.conf
+++ b/src/templates/newton/gnocchi-api.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Listen {{ options.service_listen_info.gnocchi_api.public_port }}
 
 <VirtualHost *:{{ options.service_listen_info.gnocchi_api.public_port }}>
-    WSGIDaemonProcess gnocchi-api processes={{ options.wsgi_worker_context.processes }} threads=10 user=gnocchi display-name=%{GROUP}
+    WSGIDaemonProcess gnocchi-api processes={{ options.wsgi_worker_context.processes }} threads=10 user=gnocchi group=gnocchi display-name=%{GROUP}
     WSGIProcessGroup gnocchi-api
     WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/bin/gnocchi-api
     WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}