diff --git a/mdm/login.c b/mdm/login.c
index f6ed18d..09b7234 100644
--- a/mdm/login.c
+++ b/mdm/login.c
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ void login_window(void) {
 	shfree(sessions);
 	sh_new_strdup(sessions);
 	shdefault(sessions, NULL);
-	MDEDirectoryScan(DATADIR "/xsessions", add_session_x, sesscombo);
+	MDEDirectoryScan(DATAROOTDIR "/xsessions", add_session_x, sesscombo);
 	MDEDirectoryScan("/usr/share/xsessions", add_session_x, sesscombo);
-	MDEDirectoryScan(DATADIR "/wayland-sessions", add_session_wayland, sesscombo);
+	MDEDirectoryScan(DATAROOTDIR "/wayland-sessions", add_session_wayland, sesscombo);
 	MDEDirectoryScan("/usr/share/wayland-sessions", add_session_wayland, sesscombo);
 
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&xmutex);
diff --git a/mdm/main.c b/mdm/main.c
index 3ff116b..6d733e5 100644
--- a/mdm/main.c
+++ b/mdm/main.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 	if(access(CONFDIR, F_OK) != 0) mkdir(CONFDIR, 0755);
 	if(access(CONFDIR "/mdm", F_OK) != 0) mkdir(CONFDIR "/mdm", 0755);
-	if(access(CONFDIR "/mdm/mdmrc", F_OK) != 0) MDEFileCopy(DATADIR "/examples/mdm/mdmrc", CONFDIR "/mdm/mdmrc");
+	if(access(CONFDIR "/mdm/mdmrc", F_OK) != 0) MDEFileCopy(DATAROOTDIR "/examples/mdm/mdmrc", CONFDIR "/mdm/mdmrc");
 
 	parse_config();