--- a/modules/module-honeytrap/module-honeytrap.conf.dist
+++ b/modules/module-honeytrap/module-honeytrap.conf.dist
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	pcap_dump_options
 	{	
 		min_packets "3";			// minimum of packets, else the dump gets removed
-		path	"var/log/pcap/";		// path for pcap files relative to basedir
+		path	"/var/log/nepenthes/pcap/";		// path for pcap files relative to basedir
 	};	
 	
 };
--- a/modules/log-download/log-download.conf.dist
+++ b/modules/log-download/log-download.conf.dist
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 log-download
 {
-    downloadfile    "var/log/logged_downloads"; // log download attempts
-    submitfile    "var/log/logged_submissions"; // log successfull downloads
+    downloadfile    "/var/log/nepenthes/logged_downloads"; // log download attempts
+    submitfile    "/var/log/nepenthes/logged_submissions"; // log successfull downloads
 };
--- a/modules/submit-file/submit-file.conf.dist
+++ b/modules/submit-file/submit-file.conf.dist
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 submit-file
 {
-    path "var/binaries/";
+    path "/var/lib/nepenthes/binaries/";
 };
     
--- a/conf/nepenthes.conf.dist
+++ b/conf/nepenthes.conf.dist
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 nepenthes
 {
-    moduledir               "lib/nepenthes";        // relative to workdir
-    moduleconfigdir         "etc/nepenthes";                  // relative to workdir
+    moduledir               "/usr/lib/nepenthes";        // relative to workdir
+    moduleconfigdir         "/etc/nepenthes";                  // relative to workdir
 
     modules(
 //  module name (in moduledir)      config file (in moduleconfigdir)
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
 
     logmanager
     {
-	ring_logging_file		"var/log/nepenthes.%d.log";
-	file_logging_file		"var/log/nepenthes.log";
+	ring_logging_file		"/var/log/nepenthes/nepenthes.%d.log";
+	file_logging_file		"/var/log/nepenthes/nepenthes.log";
     };
 
     modulemanager
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     {
         strictfiletype              "1";
         // where does submit-file write to? set this to the same dir
-        filesdir                    "var/binaries/"; 
+        filesdir                    "/var/lib/nepenthes/binaries/"; 
     };
 
     downloadmanager
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
     
     utilities
     {
-	hexdump_path                "var/hexdumps/";
+	hexdump_path                "/var/lib/nepenthes/hexdumps/";
     };
     
     geolocationmanager
     {
-	cache_path                   "var/cache/nepenthes/geolocation/";
+	cache_path                   "/var/lib/nepenthes/cache/geolocation/";
     };
 };