diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/config.go b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
index 1f6f3a9b3..66a6dbb36 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ func NewCrowdSecConfig() *CrowdSec {
 		LogLevel:      log.InfoLevel,
 		Daemonize:     false,
 		Profiling:     false,
-		WorkingFolder: "./",
-		DataFolder:    "./data/",
-		ConfigFolder:  "./config/",
-		PIDFolder:     "./",
-		LogFolder:     "./",
+		WorkingFolder: "/tmp/",
+		DataFolder:    "/var/lib/crowdsec/data/",
+		ConfigFolder:  "/etc/crowdsec/config/",
+		PIDFolder:     "/var/run/",
+		LogFolder:     "/var/log/",
 		LogMode:       "stdout",
-		SQLiteFile:    "./test.db",
+		SQLiteFile:    "/var/lib/crowdsec/data/crowdsec.db",
 		APIMode:       false,
 		NbParsers:     1,
 		Prometheus:    false,