diff --git a/redis-conf.patch b/redis-conf.patch
index e175467..1c655b0 100644
--- a/redis-conf.patch
+++ b/redis-conf.patch
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ Index: redis.conf
  
  # When run as a daemon, Redis write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by default.
  # You can specify a custom pid file location here.
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
+ 
+ # For default save/load DB in/from the working directory
+ # Note that you must specify a directory not a file name.
+-dir ./
++dir /var/lib/redis/
+ 
+ ################################# REPLICATION #################################
+ 
diff --git a/redis-initscript.patch b/redis-initscript.patch
index c7e8508..f740322 100644
--- a/redis-initscript.patch
+++ b/redis-initscript.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Index: utils/redis_init_script
 ===================================================================
 --- utils/redis_init_script.orig
 +++ utils/redis_init_script
-@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
+@@ -1,28 +1,44 @@
  #!/bin/sh
 +### BEGIN INIT INFO
 +# Provides:          redis
@@ -24,45 +24,57 @@ Index: utils/redis_init_script
 -CONF="/etc/redis/${REDISPORT}.conf"
 +PIDFILE=/var/run/redis.pid
 +CONF=/etc/redis.conf
++
++. /etc/rc.status
  
  case "$1" in
      start)
          if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
          then
 -                echo -n "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed\n"
-+                echo "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed"
++                echo -n "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed"
++                rc_failed
          else
 -                echo -n "Starting Redis server...\n"
-+                echo "Starting Redis server..."
++                echo -n "Starting Redis server..."
                  $EXEC $CONF
++                rc_status -v
          fi
          ;;
      stop)
          if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
          then
 -                echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running\n"
-+                echo  "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
++                echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
++                rc_failed
          else
 -                echo -n "Stopping ...\n"
 -                echo -n "SHUTDOWN\r\n" | nc localhost $REDISPORT &
-+                echo "Stopping ..."
++                echo -n "Stopping ..."
 +                echo -e "SHUTDOWN\r" | netcat localhost $REDISPORT &
                  PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                  while [ -x /proc/${PIDFILE} ]
                  do
-@@ -33,4 +44,15 @@ case "$1" in
+@@ -31,6 +47,22 @@ case "$1" in
+                 done
+                 rm $PIDFILE
                  echo "Redis stopped"
-         fi
-         ;;
++                rc_status -v
++        fi
++        ;;
 +    status)
 +        if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
 +        then
-+                echo  "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
++                echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
++                rc_status -v
 +        else
-+                echo  "$PIDFILE does exist, process is running"
-+        fi
-+        ;;
++                echo -n "$PIDFILE does exist, process is running"
++                rc_status -v
+         fi
+         ;;
 +    *)
 +        echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|status]"
 +        ;;
  esac
++
++rc_exit
diff --git a/redis.spec b/redis.spec
index 2e3140e..b19d9a7 100644
--- a/redis.spec
+++ b/redis.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ install -D -m 0755 redis-server $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/redis-server
 install -D -m 0755 utils/redis_init_script $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/redis
 ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/redis $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/rcredis
 install -D -m 0644 redis.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/redis.conf
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/redis
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/redis
 %{_sbindir}/rcredis
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/redis.conf
+%dir /var/lib/redis
 
 %files doc
 %defattr(-,root,root)