diff --git a/telegram-notify-daemon b/telegram-notify-daemon
index 351b958..053e9b5 100755
--- a/telegram-notify-daemon
+++ b/telegram-notify-daemon
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 import argparse
 import logging
+import atexit
 from telepot.loop import MessageLoop
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler
@@ -183,7 +184,8 @@ def setDefaults():
         'daemon': False,
         'token': '',
         'pair_pin': '1234',
-        'spool_dir': '/var/spool/telegram-notify'
+        'spool_dir': '/var/spool/telegram-notify',
+        'pid_file': '/var/run/telegram-notify/telegram-notify.pid'
     }
 
 
@@ -235,6 +237,26 @@ def initLogger():
     logging.basicConfig(filename=logFile,level=logLevel,format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+def checkPIDFile():
+    PIDFile = configParser.get('general', 'pid_file')
+    try:
+        pf = open(PIDFile,'r')
+        pid = int(pf.read().strip())
+        pf.close()
+    except (IOError, TypeError):
+        pid = None
+    if pid:
+        logger.error('pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?' % PIDFile)
+        sys.stderr.write('pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?' % PIDFile)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    atexit.register(delPIDFile)
+    open(PIDFile,'w+').write("%s\n" % str(os.getpid()))
+    logger.info('Created PIDfile %s' % PIDFile)
+
+def delPIDFile():
+    PIDFile = configParser.get('general', 'pid_file')
+    os.remove(PIDFile)
+    logger.info('Removed PIDfile %s' % PIDFile)
 
 def checkSpoolDir():
     spool_dir = configParser.get('general', 'spool_dir')
@@ -281,6 +303,7 @@ setDefaults()
 parseCmdLine()
 readConfigFile()
 initLogger()
+checkPIDFile()
 checkSpoolDir()
 initBot()
 
diff --git a/telegram-notify.conf.default b/telegram-notify.conf.default
index 7c21fbc..6f29a98 100644
--- a/telegram-notify.conf.default
+++ b/telegram-notify.conf.default
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pair_pin = 1234
 spool_dir = /var/spool/telegram-notify
 log_file = /var/log/telegram-notify.log
 log_level = INFO
+pid_file = /var/run/telegram-notify/telegram-notify.pid