diff --git a/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2 b/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
index 9d5d0e9..8feeac6 100644
--- a/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 command:
 
-  "pgrep -c -f 'lua5\.. /usr/bin/prosody'":
+  "pgrep -c -f 'lua5\\.. /usr/bin/prosody'":
 [% IF is_proxy && prosody.enable == 'yes' && node_state == 'active' -%]
     exit-status: 0
     stdout: