diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8f54a409..850b960e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $(RECURSIVE_TARGETS):
 
 installdirs: mkinstalldirs
 	$(srcdir)/mkinstalldirs \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/piler $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir) \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/piler $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir) $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/piler/store \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/piler/stat $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/piler/tmp \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/piler/sphinx
diff --git a/etc/Makefile.in b/etc/Makefile.in
index 1a7ec6c9..356e968a 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ all:
 
 install:
 	if [ ! -f "$(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/piler.conf" ]; then $(INSTALL) -m 0640 -g $(RUNNING_GROUP) $(srcdir)/piler.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/piler.conf; fi
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -g $(RUNNING_GROUP) $(srcdir)/sphinx.conf.in $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sphinx.conf.dist
+	sed -e 's%LOCALSTATEDIR%$(localstatedir)%g' $(srcdir)/sphinx.conf.in > sphinx.conf.dist
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -g $(RUNNING_GROUP) $(srcdir)/sphinx.conf.dist $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sphinx.conf.dist
 
 clean:
-	rm -f piler.conf cron.jobs
+	rm -f piler.conf cron.jobs sphinx.conf.dist
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/etc/sphinx.conf.in b/etc/sphinx.conf.in
index 445821fd..e9deafe2 100644
--- a/etc/sphinx.conf.in
+++ b/etc/sphinx.conf.in
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ source note : base
 index main1
 {
 	source			= main1
-	path			= /var/piler/sphinx/main1
+	path			= LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/main1
 	docinfo			= extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ index main1
 index main2
 {
         source                  = main2
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/main2
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/main2
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ index main2
 index main3
 {
         source                  = main3
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/main3
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/main3
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ index main3
 index main4
 {
         source                  = main4
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/main4
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/main4
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ index main4
 index dailydelta1
 {
         source                  = dailydelta
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/dailydelta1
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/dailydelta1
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ index dailydelta1
 index delta1
 {
         source                  = delta
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/delta1
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/delta1
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ index delta1
 index tag1
 {
         source                  = tag
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/tag1
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/tag1
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ index tag1
 index note1
 {
         source                  = note
-        path                    = /var/piler/sphinx/note1
+        path                    = LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/sphinx/note1
         docinfo                 = extern
 	dict			= keywords
         min_prefix_len          = 6