diff --git src/monkeysphere src/monkeysphere
index 512d608..44f2b17 100755
--- src/monkeysphere
+++ src/monkeysphere
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ########################################################################
 PGRM=$(basename $0)
 
-SHARE=${MONKEYSPHERE_SHARE:-"/usr/share/monkeysphere"}
+SHARE=${MONKEYSPHERE_SHARE:-"/usr/local/share/monkeysphere"}
 export SHARE
 . "${SHARE}/common" || exit 1
 
diff --git src/monkeysphere-server src/monkeysphere-server
index 4cda008..e359be7 100755
--- src/monkeysphere-server
+++ src/monkeysphere-server
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ########################################################################
 PGRM=$(basename $0)
 
-SHARE=${MONKEYSPHERE_SHARE:="/usr/share/monkeysphere"}
+SHARE=${MONKEYSPHERE_SHARE:="/usr/local/share/monkeysphere"}
 export SHARE
 . "${SHARE}/common" || exit 1