diff --git a/foremost/config.c b/foremost/config.c

index 9a4bc3f..89fd377 100755

--- a/foremost/config.c

+++ b/foremost/config.c

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int load_config_file(f_state *s)

 #ifdef __WIN32

 		set_config_file(s, "/Program Files/foremost/foremost.conf");

 #else

-		set_config_file(s, "/usr/local/etc/foremost.conf");

+		set_config_file(s, "/etc/foremost.conf");

 #endif

 		if ((f = fopen(get_config_file(s), "r")) == NULL)

 			{