diff -Nur a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
--- a/src/main.c        2010-07-17 11:57:25.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/main.c        2010-07-17 11:58:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@
         conf->errorpages = NULL;
         conf->stathost = safestrdup (TINYPROXY_STATHOST);
         conf->idletimeout = MAX_IDLE_TIME;
-        conf->logf_name = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/log/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.log");
-        conf->pidpath = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid");
+        conf->logf_name = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/log/tinyproxy.log");
+        conf->pidpath = safestrdup (LOCALSTATEDIR "/tinyproxy.pid");
 }
 
 /**