diff --git a/config.php.sample b/config.php.sample
index 473eb74e2c..91e6614c06 100644
--- a/config.php.sample
+++ b/config.php.sample
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ $config['sphinx']['port'] = 3312;
 // $config['queue']['subsystem'] = 'stomp';
 // $config['queue']['stomp_server'] = 'tcp://localhost:61613';
 // use different queue_basename for each statusnet instance managed by the server
-// $config['queue']['queue_basename'] = 'statusnet';
+// $config['queue']['queue_basename'] = '/queue/statusnet/';
 
 // The following customise the behaviour of the various daemons:
 // $config['daemon']['piddir'] = '/var/run';
diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index db90aeca3e..ebb6f8d016 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ $default =
         array('enabled' => false,
               'subsystem' => 'db', # default to database, or 'stomp'
               'stomp_server' => null,
-              'queue_basename' => 'statusnet',
+              'queue_basename' => '/queue/statusnet/',
               'stomp_username' => null,
               'stomp_password' => null,
               ),