--- scalpel-1.60.orig/scalpel.c
+++ scalpel-1.60/scalpel.c
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@
   realpath(state->outputdirectory,fn);
   strncpy(state->outputdirectory,fn,MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
 
-  realpath(state->conffile,fn);
-  strncpy(state->conffile,fn,MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
+//  realpath(state->conffile,fn);
+//  strncpy(state->conffile,fn,MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
 }
 
 
--- scalpel-1.60.orig/scalpel.h
+++ scalpel-1.60/scalpel.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 #define SCALPEL_NOEXTENSION '\xFF'
 
 #define SCALPEL_DEFAULT_WILDCARD       '?'
-#define SCALPEL_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE    "scalpel.conf"
+#define SCALPEL_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE    "/etc/scalpel/scalpel.conf"
 
 #define SCALPEL_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR     "scalpel-output"