CMakeLists.txt           | 2 +-
 tools/greenbone-nvt-sync | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c691100..d78ffa6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ set (OPENVAS_DATA_DIR    "${DATADIR}/openvas")
 set (OPENVAS_STATE_DIR   "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/lib/openvas")
 set (OPENVAS_LOG_DIR     "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/openvas")
 set (OPENVAS_CACHE_DIR   "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/cache/openvas")
-set (OPENVAS_PID_DIR     "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run")
+set (OPENVAS_PID_DIR     "/run")
 set (OPENVAS_SYSCONF_DIR "${SYSCONFDIR}/openvas")
 
 set (OPENVAS_NVT_DIR     "${OPENVAS_STATE_DIR}/plugins")