diff --git a/client/fail2banreader.py b/client/fail2banreader.py
index ada88084..0171b457 100644
--- a/client/fail2banreader.py
+++ b/client/fail2banreader.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 		ConfigReader.read(self, "fail2ban")
 	
 	def getEarlyOptions(self):
-		opts = [["string", "socket", "/tmp/fail2ban.sock"],
+		opts = [["string", "socket", "/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock"],
 				["string", "pidfile", "/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid"]]
 		return ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)
 	
diff --git a/files/nagios/README b/files/nagios/README
index 28e84495..2b855d83 100644
--- a/files/nagios/README
+++ b/files/nagios/README
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ HELP:
 /etc/init.d/fail2ban stop
 
 2.) delete the socket if available
-rm /tmp/fail2ban.sock
+rm /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock
 
 3.) start the Service 
 /etc/init.d/fail2ban start