diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 580a0a450..4d413a6b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ lessc:
 # creates a debian package for drone to install
 # `sudo dpkg -i drone.deb`
 deb:
+	mkdir -p debian/drone/usr/local/bin
+	mkdir -p debian/drone/var/lib/drone
 	dpkg-deb --build debian/drone
 
 deploy:
diff --git a/debian/drone/DEBIAN/control b/debian/drone/DEBIAN/control
index a7d76e06b..2bafdcb3b 100644
--- a/debian/drone/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/debian/drone/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: drone
-Version: 0.1
+Version: 0.3
 Section: base
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
diff --git a/debian/drone/etc/init/drone.conf b/debian/drone/etc/init/drone.conf
index fda2a5862..55962c454 100644
--- a/debian/drone/etc/init/drone.conf
+++ b/debian/drone/etc/init/drone.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 start on (filesystem and net-device-up)
 
+chdir /var/lib/drone
 console log
 
 script
-	mkdir -p /root/.drone
-	cd /root/.drone
-
     DRONED_OPTS="--port=:80"
     if [ -f /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB ]; then
         . /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index a8ff57616..ef1489afc 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"flag"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
-	"os/user"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -154,74 +150,3 @@ func setupQueue() {
 func setupHandlers() {
 
 }
-
-// initialize the .drone directory and create a skeleton config
-// file if one does not already exist.
-func init() {
-	// load the current user
-	u, err := user.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// set .drone home dir
-	home = filepath.Join(u.HomeDir, ".drone")
-
-	// create the .drone home directory
-	os.MkdirAll(home, 0777)
-
-	// check for the config file
-	filename := filepath.Join(u.HomeDir, ".drone", "config.toml")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filename); err != nil {
-		// if not exists, create
-		ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(defaultConfig), 0777)
-	}
-}
-
-var defaultConfig = `
-# Enables user self-registration. If false, the system administrator
-# will need to manually add users to the system.
-registration = true
-
-[smtp]
-host = ""
-port = ""
-from = ""
-username = ""
-password = ""
-
-[bitbucket]
-url = "https://bitbucket.org"
-api = "https://bitbucket.org"
-client = ""
-secret = ""
-enabled = false
-
-[github]
-url = "https://github.com"
-api = "https://api.github.com"
-client = ""
-secret = ""
-enabled = false
-
-[githubenterprise]
-url = ""
-api = ""
-client = ""
-secret = ""
-enabled = false
-
-[gitlab]
-url = ""
-api = ""
-client = ""
-secret = ""
-enabled = false
-
-[stash]
-url = ""
-api = ""
-client = ""
-secret = ""
-enabled = false
-`