--- a/files/fail2ban.service.in	2020-01-11 11:01:00.000000000 +0100
+++ b/files/fail2ban.service.in	2020-05-21 09:48:12.049645909 +0200
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/fail2ban
-ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf start
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/fail2ban
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/fail2ban
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server -xf $FAIL2BAN_OPTIONS start
 # if should be logged in systemd journal, use following line or set logtarget to sysout in fail2ban.local
-# ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=sysout start
-ExecStop=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client stop
-ExecReload=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client reload
-PIDFile=/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
+# ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=sysout start
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client stop
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartPreventExitStatus=0 255