diff --git a/cfg/conf.sample.php b/cfg/conf.sample.php
index 28dae77..8028191 100644
--- a/cfg/conf.sample.php
+++ b/cfg/conf.sample.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ limit = 10
 ; header = "X_FORWARDED_FOR"
 
 ; directory to store the traffic limits in
-dir = PATH "data"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin/trafficlimits"
 
 [purge]
 ; minimum time limit between two purgings of expired pastes, it is only
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ limit = 300
 batchsize = 10
 
 ; directory to store the purge limit in
-dir = PATH "data"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin/purgelimit"
 
 [model]
 ; name of data model class to load and directory for storage
 ; the default model "Filesystem" stores everything in the filesystem
 class = Filesystem
 [model_options]
-dir = PATH "data"
+dir = "/var/lib/privatebin/model"
 
 ;[model]
 ; example of DB configuration for MySQL
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ dir = PATH "data"
 ; example of DB configuration for SQLite
 ;class = Database
 ;[model_options]
-;dsn = "sqlite:" PATH "data/db.sq3"
+;dsn = "sqlite:" "/var/lib/privatebin/data/db.sq3"
 ;usr = null
 ;pwd = null
 ;opt[12] = true	; PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT