diff -ur a/etherpad/bin/run-local.sh b/etherpad/bin/run-local.sh
--- a/etherpad/bin/run-local.sh	2009-12-26 04:53:09.000000000 +0100
+++ b/etherpad/bin/run-local.sh	2010-05-12 14:01:48.383977371 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-mkdir -p data/appjet
+mkdir -p /var/run/etherpad/appjet
 
 MXRAM="1G"
 if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     fi
 fi
 
-CP="appjet-eth-dev.jar:data"
+CP="/usr/share/java/etherpad.jar:/var/run/etherpad"
 for f in lib/*.jar; do
     CP="$CP:$f"
 done
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 fi
 
 # etherpad properties file
-cfg_file=./data/etherpad.local.properties
+cfg_file=/var/run/etherpad/etherpad.local.properties
 if [ ! -f $cfg_file ]; then
-  cfg_file=./etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties
+  cfg_file=/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties
 fi
 if [[ $1 == "--cfg" ]]; then
   cfg_file=${2}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     -XX:CMSIncrementalSafetyFactor=50 \
     -XX:+PrintGCDetails \
     -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps \
-    -Xloggc:./data/logs/backend/jvm-gc.log \
+    -Xloggc:/var/log/etherpad/backend/jvm-gc.log \
     -Dappjet.jmxremote=true \
     $JAVA_OPTS \
     net.appjet.oui.main \
diff -ur a/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties b/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties
--- a/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties	2009-12-26 04:53:09.000000000 +0100
+++ b/etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties	2010-05-12 14:05:16.923977495 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ajstdlibHome = ../infrastructure/framework-src/modules
-appjetHome = ./data/appjet
+ajstdlibHome = /usr/share/etherpad/framework-src/modules
+appjetHome = /var/run/etherpad/appjet
 devMode = true
 etherpad.adminPass = password
 etherpad.fakeProduction = false
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 etherpad.SQL_PASSWORD = password
 etherpad.SQL_USERNAME = etherpad
 listen = 9000
-logDir = ./data/logs
-modulePath = ./src
+logDir = /var/log/etherpad
+modulePath = /usr/share/etherpad/src
 transportPrefix = /comet
 transportUseWildcardSubdomains = true
-useVirtualFileRoot = ./src
+useVirtualFileRoot = /usr/share/etherpad/src