-#define CONFIG_FILE SYSCONFDIR"/ngircd.conf"
-#define MOTD_FILE SYSCONFDIR"/ngircd.motd"
-#define ERROR_FILE LOCALSTATEDIR"/ngircd.err"
+#ifdef PROTOTYPES
+# define CONFIG_FILE SYSCONFDIR"/ngircd.conf"
+# define MOTD_FILE SYSCONFDIR"/ngircd.motd"
+#else
+# define CONFIG_FILE "ngircd.conf"
+# define MOTD_FILE "ngircd.motd"
+#endif
+#define ERROR_DIR "/tmp"