diff --git a/diod/diod.c b/diod/diod.c

index a95386d..7262640 100644

--- a/diod/diod.c

+++ b/diod/diod.c

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ _daemonize (void)

 {

     char rdir[PATH_MAX];

-    snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "%s/run/diod", X_LOCALSTATEDIR);

+    snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "/run/diod");

     if (mkdir (rdir, 0755) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {

         msg ("failed to find/create %s, running out of /tmp", rdir);

         snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "/tmp");