diff --git a/src/bozo/bosserver.c b/src/bozo/bosserver.c
index 9f9f6fa633..179475435f 100644
--- a/src/bozo/bosserver.c
+++ b/src/bozo/bosserver.c
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 	} else if (strncmp(argv[code], "-pidfiles=", 10) == 0) {
 	    DoPidFiles = (argv[code]+10);
 	} else if (strncmp(argv[code], "-pidfiles", 9) == 0) {
-	    DoPidFiles = AFSDIR_BOSCONFIG_DIR;
+	    DoPidFiles = AFSDIR_LOCAL_DIR;
 	}
 	else {