Index: prometheus-1.5.2/cmd/prometheus/config.go
===================================================================
--- prometheus-1.5.2.orig/cmd/prometheus/config.go
+++ prometheus-1.5.2/cmd/prometheus/config.go
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ func init() {
 		"Print version information.",
 	)
 	cfg.fs.StringVar(
-		&cfg.configFile, "config.file", "prometheus.yml",
+		&cfg.configFile, "config.file",
+		"/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml",
 		"Prometheus configuration file name.",
 	)
 
@@ -111,17 +112,20 @@ func init() {
 		"Enable remote service shutdown.",
 	)
 	cfg.fs.StringVar(
-		&cfg.web.ConsoleTemplatesPath, "web.console.templates", "consoles",
+		&cfg.web.ConsoleTemplatesPath, "web.console.templates",
+		"/etc/prometheus/consoles",
 		"Path to the console template directory, available at /consoles.",
 	)
 	cfg.fs.StringVar(
-		&cfg.web.ConsoleLibrariesPath, "web.console.libraries", "console_libraries",
+		&cfg.web.ConsoleLibrariesPath, "web.console.libraries",
+		"/etc/prometheus/console_libraries",
 		"Path to the console library directory.",
 	)
 
 	// Storage.
 	cfg.fs.StringVar(
-		&cfg.storage.PersistenceStoragePath, "storage.local.path", "data",
+		&cfg.storage.PersistenceStoragePath, "storage.local.path",
+		"/var/lib/prometheus/metrics",
 		"Base path for metrics storage.",
 	)
 	cfg.fs.IntVar(