--- a/imsp/dispatch.c
+++ b/imsp/dispatch.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void dispatch_telemetry(fbuf, user)
 	close(fbuf->telem);
 	fbuf->telem = -1;
     }
-    snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "/var/imsp/log/%s/%ld", user, (long) getpid());
+    snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "/var/lib/imsp/log/%s/%ld", user, (long) getpid());
     fbuf->telem = open(fname, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0600);
 }
 
--- a/imsp/syncdb.c
+++ b/imsp/syncdb.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 #include "glob.h"
 
 /* prefixes for database files */
-#define PREFIX		"/var/imsp"
+#define PREFIX		"/var/lib/imsp"
 #define PREFIXLEN	(sizeof (PREFIX) - 1)
 #define PRIVPREFIX	"user"
 #define PRIVPREFIXLEN	(sizeof (PRIVPREFIX) - 1)
