diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e915d7c07..f748c7992b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ uwsgi: collectstatic
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
 		. $(VENV_BASE)/tower/bin/activate; \
 	fi; \
-    uwsgi -b 32768 --socket :8050 --module=awx.wsgi:application --home=/venv/tower --chdir=/tower_devel/ --vacuum --processes=5 --harakiri=120 --master --no-orphans --py-autoreload 1 --max-requests=1000 --stats /tmp/stats.socket --master-fifo=/tmp/awxfifo --lazy-apps
+    uwsgi -b 32768 --socket :8050 --module=awx.wsgi:application --home=/venv/tower --chdir=/tower_devel/ --vacuum --processes=5 --harakiri=120 --master --no-orphans --py-autoreload 1 --max-requests=1000 --stats /tmp/stats.socket --master-fifo=/var/lib/awx/awxfifo --lazy-apps
 
 daphne:
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 4614e45140..d59b3b246b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def _uwsgi_reload():
     # http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MasterFIFO.html#available-commands
     logger.warn('Initiating uWSGI chain reload of server')
     TRIGGER_CHAIN_RELOAD = 'c'
-    with open('/tmp/awxfifo', 'w') as awxfifo:
+    with open('/var/lib/awx/awxfifo', 'w') as awxfifo:
         awxfifo.write(TRIGGER_CHAIN_RELOAD)