diff --git a/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php b/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php
index 8d251b175..a9f661dd6 100644
--- a/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php
+++ b/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ $config = array(
     'StationPrefsGr'=> 'StationPrefs',
     'AllGr'         => 'All',
     'TrashName'     => 'trash_',
-    'storageDir'    =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor'),
-    'bufferDir'     =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor/buffer'),
-    'transDir'      =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/trans'),
-    'accessDir'     =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/access'),
-    'pearPath'      =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../../usr/lib/pear'),
-    'cronDir'       =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/cron'),
+    'storageDir'    =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor',
+    'bufferDir'     =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor/buffer',
+    'transDir'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/trans',
+    'accessDir'     =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/access',
+    'pearPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../../usr/lib/pear',
+    'cronDir'       =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/cron',
     'isArchive'     =>  FALSE,
     'validate'      =>  TRUE,
     'useTrash'      =>  TRUE,
@@ -153,4 +153,15 @@ if (!is_null($this_file)) {
     }
 }
 
+// make dirpaths better (without ../)
+foreach (array('storageDir', 'bufferDir', 'transDir', 'accessDir', 'pearPath', 'cronDir') as $d) {
+    $rp = realpath($config[$d]);
+    // workaround for missing dirs
+    if ( $rp === FALSE ) {
+        mkdir( $config[$d] );
+        $rp = realpath($config[$d]);
+    }
+    $config[$d] = $rp;
+}
+
 ?>
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diff --git a/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php.template b/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php.template
index aca24011b..8f7445324 100644
--- a/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php.template
+++ b/campcaster/src/modules/storageServer/var/conf.php.template
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ $config = array(
     'StationPrefsGr'=> 'StationPrefs',
     'AllGr'         => 'All',
     'TrashName'     => 'trash_',
-    'storageDir'    =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor'),
-    'bufferDir'     =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor/buffer'),
-    'transDir'      =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/trans'),
-    'accessDir'     =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/access'),
+    'storageDir'    =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor',
+    'bufferDir'     =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/stor/buffer',
+    'transDir'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/trans',
+    'accessDir'     =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/access',
     'pearPath'      =>  'ls_lib_dir/pear',
-    'cronDir'       =>  realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/cron'),
+    'cronDir'       =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../storageServer/var/cron',
     'isArchive'     =>  FALSE,
     'validate'      =>  TRUE,
     'useTrash'      =>  TRUE,
@@ -125,4 +125,15 @@ $config['sysSubjs'] = array(
 $old_ip = get_include_path();
 set_include_path('.'.PATH_SEPARATOR.$config['pearPath'].PATH_SEPARATOR.$old_ip);
 
+// make dirpaths better (without ../)
+foreach (array('storageDir', 'bufferDir', 'transDir', 'accessDir', 'pearPath', 'cronDir') as $d) {
+    $rp = realpath($config[$d]);
+    // workaround for missing dirs
+    if ( $rp === FALSE ) {
+        mkdir( $config[$d] );
+        $rp = realpath($config[$d]);
+    }
+    $config[$d] = $rp;
+}
+
 ?>
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