diff -ru a/settings/defaults.php b/settings/defaults.php
--- a/settings/defaults.php	2019-12-28 23:57:37.000000000 +0200
+++ b/settings/defaults.php	2020-02-06 14:31:22.613567043 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
-@define('CONST_BasePath', '@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@');
-@define('CONST_InstallPath', '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@');
+@define('CONST_BasePath', '/var/lib/nominatim/src');
+@define('CONST_InstallPath', '/var/lib/nominatim/bin');
 if (file_exists(getenv('NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'))) require_once(getenv('NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'));
 if (file_exists(CONST_InstallPath.'/settings/local.php')) require_once(CONST_InstallPath.'/settings/local.php');
 if (isset($_GET['debug']) && $_GET['debug']) @define('CONST_Debug', true);
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // General settings
 @define('CONST_Debug', false);
 @define('CONST_Database_DSN', 'pgsql:dbname=nominatim'); // or add ;host=...;port=...;user=...;password=...
-@define('CONST_Database_Web_User', 'www-data');
+@define('CONST_Database_Web_User', 'http');
 @define('CONST_Database_Module_Path', CONST_InstallPath.'/module');
 @define('CONST_Max_Word_Frequency', '50000');
 @define('CONST_Limit_Reindexing', true);