diff --git a/net/linknx/Makefile b/net/linknx/Makefile
index 9121fa1c8..bfe768392 100644
--- a/net/linknx/Makefile
+++ b/net/linknx/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=linknx
 PKG_VERSION:=0.0.1.32
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_MD5SUM:=7ecc1208f59bceb05068c752b2250b63
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Othmar Truniger <github@truniger.ch>
diff --git a/net/linknx/files/linknx.init b/net/linknx/files/linknx.init
index 574bf4197..d38f194db 100644
--- a/net/linknx/files/linknx.init
+++ b/net/linknx/files/linknx.init
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ start() {
         config_get conf args conf '/etc/linknx.xml'
         config_get options args options ''
         test -f $conf || cp -p /etc/linknx.xml.dist $conf
+        mkdir -p /tmp/$NAME/persist
         service_start $PROG --config=$conf $options
 }
 
diff --git a/net/linknx/files/linknx.xml.dist b/net/linknx/files/linknx.xml.dist
index cb5073d9d..55eb41d83 100644
--- a/net/linknx/files/linknx.xml.dist
+++ b/net/linknx/files/linknx.xml.dist
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <services>
     <xmlserver type="inet" port="1028"/>
     <knxconnection url="ip:localhost"/>
-    <persistence type="file" path="/var/lib/linknx/persist"/>
+    <persistence type="file" path="/tmp/linknx/persist"/>
     <emailserver type="smtp" host="localhost:25" from="linknx@local.local" />
   </services>
   <logging format="basic" level="INFO" />