diff --git a/build/after-install-openrc.sh b/build/after-install-openrc.sh
index f6a1081be..296dfea3c 100755
--- a/build/after-install-openrc.sh
+++ b/build/after-install-openrc.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # manager keeps the existing config, so the placeholders are already gone.
 NEW_SECRET=$(head -c 512 /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head -c 32)
 sed -i "s/<jwt-secret>/$NEW_SECRET/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
-sed -i "s/<rootpath>/\/opt\/vikunja\//g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
-sed -i "s/path: \"\.\/vikunja.db\"/path: \"\\/opt\/vikunja\/vikunja.db\"/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
+sed -i "s/<rootpath>/\/var\/lib\/vikunja\//g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
+sed -i "s/path: \"\.\/vikunja.db\"/path: \"\\/var\/lib\/vikunja\/vikunja.db\"/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
 
 rc-update add vikunja default
 
diff --git a/build/after-install.sh b/build/after-install.sh
index beed81fe6..80f9480e4 100644
--- a/build/after-install.sh
+++ b/build/after-install.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # manager keeps the existing config, so the placeholders are already gone.
 NEW_SECRET=$(head -c 512 /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head -c 32)
 sed -i "s/<jwt-secret>/$NEW_SECRET/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
-sed -i "s/<rootpath>/\/opt\/vikunja\//g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
-sed -i "s/path: \"\.\/vikunja.db\"/path: \"\\/opt\/vikunja\/vikunja.db\"/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
+sed -i "s/<rootpath>/\/var\/lib\/vikunja\//g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
+sed -i "s/path: \"\.\/vikunja.db\"/path: \"\\/var\/lib\/vikunja\/vikunja.db\"/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
 
 systemctl enable vikunja.service
 
diff --git a/nfpm.yaml b/nfpm.yaml
index 618c1b9e8..b644f0d57 100644
--- a/nfpm.yaml
+++ b/nfpm.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ contents:
   - src: /opt/vikunja/vikunja
     dst: /usr/local/bin/vikunja
     type: "symlink"
+  - dst: /var/lib/vikunja
+    type: dir
   - src: vikunja.service
     dst: /usr/lib/systemd/system/vikunja.service
   - src: vikunja.initd
diff --git a/vikunja.initd b/vikunja.initd
index 61b8c45ef..5268b0cc9 100755
--- a/vikunja.initd
+++ b/vikunja.initd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 command="/usr/local/bin/vikunja"
 command_background=true
 pidfile="/run/vikunja.pid"
-directory="/opt/vikunja"
+directory="/var/lib/vikunja"
 description="Vikunja service"
 
 depend() {
diff --git a/vikunja.service b/vikunja.service
index a898fc0d5..453e967bb 100644
--- a/vikunja.service
+++ b/vikunja.service
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 RestartSec=2s
 Type=simple
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/vikunja
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/vikunja
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/vikunja
 Restart=always