diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
index 91560aa0c..c2d20766e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 # Check to see if we are already running
-NUM_RUNNING=$(pgrep -cf "so-playbook-sync")
+NUM_RUNNING=$(pgrep -cf "/bin/bash /usr/sbin/so-playbook-sync")
 [ "$NUM_RUNNING" -gt 1 ] && echo "$(date) - $NUM_RUNNING Playbook sync processes running...exiting." && exit 0
 
 docker exec so-soctopus python3 playbook_play-sync.py