diff --git a/net/freeswitch/files/etc.minimal/vars.xml b/net/freeswitch/files/etc.minimal/vars.xml
index e2efd7af7..de1186a06 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch/files/etc.minimal/vars.xml
+++ b/net/freeswitch/files/etc.minimal/vars.xml
@@ -199,5 +199,5 @@
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="external_ssl_dir=$${base_dir}/conf/ssl"/>
   
   <!-- Call recordings directory -->
-  <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="recordings_dir=/home/freeswitch/recordings" />
+  <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="recordings_dir=/var/lib/freeswitch/recordings" />
 </include>
diff --git a/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.default b/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.default
index 61c247819..079c314a7 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.default
+++ b/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.default
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ FS_DIR_ETC="$FS_DIR/etc/freeswitch"
 FS_DIR_MOD="$FS_DIR/usr/lib/freeswitch"
 FS_DIR_DB="$FS_DIR/tmp/freeswitch/db"
 FS_DIR_LOG="$FS_DIR/tmp/freeswitch/log"
+FS_DIR_SCRIPTS="$FS_DIR/usr/share/freeswitch/scripts"
+FS_DIR_HTDOCS="$FS_DIR/usr/share/freeswitch/htdocs"
+FS_DIR_RECORDINGS="/var/lib/freeswitch/recordings" # NOTE: must be changed in config as well
+FS_DIR_VM_STORAGE="/var/lib/freeswitch/storage" # NOTE: must be changed in config as well
 
-OPTIONS="-conf $FS_DIR_ETC -log $FS_DIR_LOG -db $FS_DIR_DB -mod $FS_DIR_MOD"
+OPTIONS="-conf $FS_DIR_ETC -log $FS_DIR_LOG -db $FS_DIR_DB -mod $FS_DIR_MOD -htdocs $FS_DIR_HTDOCS -scripts $FS_DIR_SCRIPTS"
diff --git a/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.init b/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.init
index 8637556aa..4476b47bd 100644
--- a/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.init
+++ b/net/freeswitch/files/freeswitch.init
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ start() {
 	[ -f $DEFAULT ] && . $DEFAULT
 	mkdir -p $FS_DIR_DB
 	mkdir -p $FS_DIR_LOG
+	mkdir -p $FS_DIR_RECORDINGS
+	mkdir -p $FS_DIR_VM_STORAGE
 	ulimit -s 240
 	$FS_DIR/usr/bin/freeswitch $OPTIONS -nc
 }