diff -up shippy-1.5.0/shippy.c.orig shippy-1.5.0/shippy.c
--- shippy-1.5.0/shippy.c.orig	2019-05-20 12:51:22.408217300 +0200
+++ shippy-1.5.0/shippy.c	2019-05-20 12:52:43.500859257 +0200
@@ -1801,48 +1801,14 @@ int SHIPPY_MAIN(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int i;
 #ifdef __unix__
-	char *home = getenv("HOME");
-	char *saveName = NULL;
-	if (home)
-	{
-		int len = strlen(home);
-		saveName = (char *)malloc(len + 100);
-		strcpy(saveName, home);
-		if (saveName[len - 1] != '/')
-		{
-			strcat(saveName, "/");
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-		{
-			strcat(saveName, savePath[i]);
-			int err = mkdir(saveName, 0700);
-			if ((-1 == err) && (EEXIST != errno))
-			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "Error creating directory %s\n", saveName);
-				exit(2);
-			}
-			strcat(saveName, "/");
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		saveName = (char *)malloc(100);
-		saveName[0] = 0;
-	}
-	strcat(saveName, "shippy.hs");
+	gid_t realgid;
+
+	highscore_fp = fopen("/var/lib/games/shippy.hs", "r+");
 
-	highscore_fp = fopen(saveName, "r+");
-	if (highscore_fp == NULL)
-	{
-		highscore_fp = fopen("/usr/share/shippy/shippy.hs", "r");
-		RestoreHS();
-		if (highscore_fp != NULL)
-		{
-			fclose(highscore_fp);
-		}
-		highscore_fp = fopen(saveName, "w+");
-		StoreHS();
-		rewind(highscore_fp);
+	realgid = getgid();
+	if (setresgid(-1, realgid, realgid) != 0) {
+		perror("Could not drop setgid privileges.  Aborting.");
+		return 1;
 	}
 #else
 	highscore_fp = fopen("data/scores.lst", "r+b");