diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 54917d01..8c3bf002 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ generate_key_file() {
 if [ ! -f /usr/local/etc/piler.key ]; then
         echo "generating key file . . ."
 	dd if=/dev/urandom bs=56 count=1 of=/usr/local/etc/piler.key
+	chgrp piler /usr/local/etc/piler.key
+	chmod 640 /usr/local/etc/piler.key
 fi
 
 }
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ fi
 fix_permissions() {
    chown piler:piler /usr/local/bin/pilerexport /usr/local/bin/pilerpurge /usr/local/bin/pilerimport /usr/local/bin/pilerget /usr/local/bin/pileraget /usr/local/bin/reindex
    chmod +s /usr/local/bin/pilerexport /usr/local/bin/pilerpurge /usr/local/bin/pilerimport /usr/local/bin/pilerget /usr/local/bin/pileraget /usr/local/bin/reindex
-   chgrp piler /usr/local/etc/piler.conf /usr/local/etc/piler.key
-   chmod 640 /usr/local/etc/piler.conf /usr/local/etc/piler.key
+   chgrp piler /usr/local/etc/piler.conf
+   chmod 640 /usr/local/etc/piler.conf
 }
 
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	chown piler:piler /var/run/piler /var/piler/store /var/piler/tmp
 
 	generate_pem_file
-	generate_key_file
+	###generate_key_file
 	fix_permissions
 
 	ldconfig
diff --git a/etc/Makefile.in b/etc/Makefile.in
index e029beb7..eefc4214 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 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; fi
 
 clean:
 	rm -f piler.conf cron.jobs
diff --git a/util/postinstall.sh.in b/util/postinstall.sh.in
index 62bf3e24..8d540097 100755
--- a/util/postinstall.sh.in
+++ b/util/postinstall.sh.in
@@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ execute_post_install_tasks() {
    mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u $MYSQL_USERNAME --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < $DATAROOTDIR/piler/db-mysql.sql
    echo "Done."
 
-   echo -n "Overwriting sphinx configuration... ";
-   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%" etc/sphinx.conf.in > etc/sphinx.conf
-   cp etc/sphinx.conf $SPHINXCFG
+   echo -n "Writing sphinx configuration... ";
+   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%" $SYSCONFDIR/sphinx.conf.dist > $SPHINXCFG
    echo "Done."
 
    echo -n "Initializing sphinx indices... ";