--- timelinelib/config/paths.py~	2012-09-29 16:35:22.000000000 -0500
+++ timelinelib/config/paths.py	2012-11-19 08:06:15.558929860 -0600
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os.path
 
 
-_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", ".."))
+_ROOT = "/usr/share/timeline/"
 ICONS_DIR = os.path.join(_ROOT, "icons")
-LOCALE_DIR = os.path.join(_ROOT, "po")
+LOCALE_DIR = "/usr/share/locale"
 HELP_RESOURCES_DIR = os.path.join(_ROOT, "help_resources")