diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d61c8d0..11fc115 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ congress_bin: "/openstack/venvs/congress-{{ congress_venv_tag }}/bin"
 congress_venv_download_url: http://127.0.0.1/venvs/untagged/ubuntu/congress.tgz
 
 congress_etc_dir: "{{ congress_bin | dirname }}/etc/congress"
+congress_conf_dir: /etc/congress
 
 ## Required PIP packages
 congress_requires_pip_packages:
diff --git a/tasks/congress_db_setup.yml b/tasks/congress_db_setup.yml
index b07ec25..71410da 100644
--- a/tasks/congress_db_setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/congress_db_setup.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 - name: create congress database schema
   command: "{{ congress_bin }}/congress-db-manage
-    --config-file {{ congress_etc_dir }}/congress.conf upgrade head"
+    --config-file {{ congress_conf_dir }}/congress.conf upgrade head"
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ congress_system_user_name }}"
   changed_when: False
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diff --git a/tasks/congress_post_install.yml b/tasks/congress_post_install.yml
index 52ca5ba..dd60315 100644
--- a/tasks/congress_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/congress_post_install.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - name: generate congress configuration
   template:
     src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ congress_etc_dir }}"
+    dest: "{{ congress_conf_dir }}"
   with_items:
     - api-paste.ini
     - policy.json