diff --git a/templates/redis.2.2.conf.erb b/templates/redis.2.2.conf.erb
index bbde00a..9a668df 100644
--- a/templates/redis.2.2.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/redis.2.2.conf.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ daemonize yes
 
 # When running daemonized, Redis writes a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by
 # default. You can specify a custom pid file location here.
-pidfile /var/run/redis_<%= redis_port %>.pid
+pidfile /var/run/redis/redis-server.pid
 
 # Accept connections on the specified port, default is 6379.
 # If port 0 is specified Redis will not listen on a TCP socket.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
 # Also the Append Only File will be created inside this directory.
 #
 # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
-dir ./
+dir /var/lib/redis
 
 ################################# REPLICATION #################################