--- timelinelib/config/paths.py~	2013-03-30 08:27:24.000000000 -0500
+++ timelinelib/config/paths.py	2013-05-15 07:42:30.718226513 -0500
@@ -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")