diff --git a/installer/index.php b/installer/index.php
index 4c94fea..204cdf4 100644
--- a/installer/index.php
+++ b/installer/index.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL&~E_NOTICE);
 ini_set('display_errors', 1);
 
 define('INSTALL_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../').'/');
-define('RCMAIL_CONFIG_DIR', INSTALL_PATH . 'config');
+define('RCMAIL_CONFIG_DIR', '/etc/roundcubemail');
 define('RCMAIL_CHARSET', 'UTF-8');
 
 $include_path  = INSTALL_PATH . 'program/lib' . PATH_SEPARATOR;
diff --git a/program/include/iniset.php b/program/include/iniset.php
index 3809479..5004448 100644
--- a/program/include/iniset.php
+++ b/program/include/iniset.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if (!defined('INSTALL_PATH')) {
 }
 
 if (!defined('RCMAIL_CONFIG_DIR')) {
-    define('RCMAIL_CONFIG_DIR', INSTALL_PATH . 'config');
+    define('RCMAIL_CONFIG_DIR', '/etc/roundcubemail');
 }
 
 // make sure path_separator is defined