diff -Naur a/config.rkt b/config.rkt
--- a/config.rkt	2014-12-14 18:49:30.181361600 -0800
+++ b/config.rkt	2014-12-14 18:52:13.599355467 -0800
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 ; location of sound directory (currently depends on running from same dir
 ; change to /usr/share/blight/sounds (or something) once a proper
 ; installer is to be had
-(define sound-dir (build-path "sounds"))
+(define sound-dir (build-path "/usr/share/blight/sounds"))
 ; list of sound files
 (define sounds (list
                 (build-path sound-dir "New Message.wav")
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 (define make-noise-default #t)
 
 ; blight icons for the buddy list
-(define icon-dir (build-path "icons"))
+(define icon-dir (build-path "/usr/share/blight/icons"))
 ; list of icon files
 (define icons (list
                (build-path icon-dir "offline.png")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
 (define avatar-dir (build-path tox-path "avatars"))
 
-(define logo-dir (build-path "img"))
+(define logo-dir (build-path "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps"))
 
 (define logo (build-path logo-dir "blight-logo-128px.png"))