diff --git a/examples/nginx.conf b/examples/nginx.conf
index b06cccf8..405290b1 100644
--- a/examples/nginx.conf
+++ b/examples/nginx.conf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ worker_processes 1;
 
 user nobody nogroup;
 # 'user nobody nobody;' for systems with 'nobody' as a group instead
-pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
-error_log /tmp/nginx.error.log;
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
 
 events {
   worker_connections 1024; # increase if you have lots of clients
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ http {
   include mime.types;
   # fallback in case we can't determine a type
   default_type application/octet-stream;
-  access_log /tmp/nginx.access.log combined;
+  access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined;
   sendfile on;
 
   upstream app_server {