Supervisor - Can't start supervisorctl as root or user (User is set in config)

I added my username to the superisord.conf file under the [unix_http_server] section like so:

[unix_http_server]
file=/var/run/supervisor.sock   ; (the path to the socket file)
chmod=0700                       ; sockef file mode (default 0700)
chown=appuser:supervisor        ;(username:group)

This seemed to work- time will tell if it continues working after I manage solve the rest of the supervisor issues.