diff --git a/src/freedombone-freedns b/src/freedombone-freedns
index 901d553ab09105f5af08e780da842480757455e6..ca1f4f468c9b38afb4e4c334beebcc1a676dc1c7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-freedns
+++ b/src/freedombone-freedns
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-freedns
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
 VERBOSE=
-CONFIGURATION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
+CONFIGURATION_FILE=/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
 FREEDNS_WGET='wget --read-timeout=0.0 --waitretry=5 --tries=4 https://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?'
 
 if [[ "$1" == "--verbose" || "$1" == "-v" ]]; then