diff --git a/php-fpm.conf b/php-fpm.conf
index 69793e8..4b343c1 100644
--- a/php-fpm.conf
+++ b/php-fpm.conf
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@
 ; Default Value: none
 ; Warning: if you change the value here, you need to modify systemd
 ; service PIDFile= setting to match the value here.
-pid = /run/php/php8.1-fpm.pid
+
+;;;;
+; Note to self: setting this to "none" sets it to /var, still resulting in a
+; failure to write the pidfile...
+pid = /tmp/bullshit.pid
 
 ; Error log file
 ; If it's set to "syslog", log is sent to syslogd instead of being written
 ; into a local file.
 ; Note: the default prefix is /var
 ; Default Value: log/php-fpm.log
-error_log = /var/log/php8.1-fpm.log
+error_log = /dev/stderr
 
 ; syslog_facility is used to specify what type of program is logging the
 ; message. This lets syslogd specify that messages from different facilities