--- debian/bin/tribler
+++ debian/bin/tribler
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Startup script for Ubuntu Linux
 
 echo "Starting Tribler..."
 
+STATEDIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/tribler"
+[ ! -d $STATEDIR ] && mkdir -p "${STATEDIR}"
+
 cd "/usr/share/tribler"
-exec /usr/bin/python2.7 run_tribler.py "$@" > `mktemp /tmp/$USER-tribler-XXXXXXXX.log` 2>&1
+exec python2 -O run_tribler.py "$@" > "${STATEDIR}"/tribler.log 2>&1