diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index c0d559e1cc..5f4b806b81 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ $default =
         array('dropoff' => 864000.0,   # controls weighting based on age
               'cutoff' => 86400 * 90), # only look at notices favorited in last 90 days
         'daemon' =>
-        array('piddir' => '/var/run',
+        array('piddir' => sys_get_temp_dir(),
               'user' => false,
               'group' => false),
         'emailpost' =>