diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin b/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
index 3775f0e0..6ec7cc2e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function restore_local_mediagoblin {
         fi
         rm -rf ${temp_restore_dir}
         rm -rf ${temp_restore_dir}2
-        chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/log/mediagoblin
+        chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/lib/mediagoblin
         chown -hR mediagoblin:www-data $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR
     fi
 }
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function restore_remote_mediagoblin {
         fi
         rm -rf /root/tempmediagoblin
         rm -rf /root/tempmediagoblin2
-        chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/log/mediagoblin
+        chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/lib/mediagoblin
         chown -hR mediagoblin:www-data $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR
     fi
 }
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ function install_mediagoblin {
     useradd -c "GNU MediaGoblin system account" -d /var/lib/mediagoblin -m -r -g www-data mediagoblin
     groupadd mediagoblin
     usermod --append -G mediagoblin mediagoblin
-    mkdir -p /var/log/mediagoblin
-    chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/log/mediagoblin
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/mediagoblin
+    chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /var/lib/mediagoblin
     mkdir -p $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR
     chown -hR mediagoblin:www-data $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR
     su -c "cd $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR && git clone $MEDIAGOBLIN_REPO $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin" - mediagoblin