diff --git a/irqbalance.h b/irqbalance.h
index c4717d3..5895e34 100644
--- a/irqbalance.h
+++ b/irqbalance.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD */
 
 #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
-#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run"
+#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance/"
 
 #endif /* __INCLUDE_GUARD_IRQBALANCE_H_ */
 
diff --git a/misc/irqbalance.service b/misc/irqbalance.service
index cbed0d2..bb6ed98 100644
--- a/misc/irqbalance.service
+++ b/misc/irqbalance.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NoNewPrivileges=yes
 ReadOnlyPaths=/
 ReadWritePaths=/proc/irq
 RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
-TemporaryFileSystem=/run:ro
+RuntimeDirectory=irqbalance/
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ui/irqbalance-ui.h b/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
index b32d58a..fba7e7c 100644
--- a/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
+++ b/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <glib-unix.h>
 
 #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
-#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run"
+#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance"
 
 #define STATS "stats"
 #define SET_SLEEP "settings sleep "