--- src/main.cpp.origin	2005-09-27 17:34:11.000000000 +0200
+++ src/main.cpp	2005-09-27 21:46:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -1746,6 +1746,12 @@
 	//load error log
 	error_log.open("logs/main.log");
 	
+	// Gentoo-paths
+	if (chdir(DATADIR) < 0) {
+		fprintf( stderr, "Cannot open data directory: %s\n", DATADIR);
+		Quit( 1 );
+	}
+
 	//create trig lookups
 	//CreateLookupTable();