diff --git a/src/scm/startup.scm b/src/scm/startup.scm
index d806491f4d..34a99e8e0a 100644
--- a/src/scm/startup.scm
+++ b/src/scm/startup.scm
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   (primitive-load boot-file))
 
 ;; Automatically generated defaults...
-(define gnc:_config-dir-default_ "NONE/etc/gnucash")
-(define gnc:_share-dir-default_ "NONE/share/gnucash")
-(define gnc:_doc-dir-default_ "NONE/doc/gnucash")
+(define gnc:_config-dir-default_ "/usr/etc/gnucash")
+(define gnc:_share-dir-default_ "/usr/share/gnucash")
+(define gnc:_doc-dir-default_ "/usr/doc/gnucash")
 
 (define gnc:*command-line-files* #f)