diff --git a/director-cli.sh b/director-cli.sh
index 39d8843efba960b08122d1763dbbbbd44a1661f7..a6c9498394defd02d55d2f92c14a7b760ceccd55 100755
--- a/director-cli.sh
+++ b/director-cli.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ IDC_svcathost__cachefile="${dir_data}/services_on_host__at-director.txt"
   # helper to make http base setup for host actions
   function _initHttp(){
     # see inc_functions
-    _initHttpWithConfigfile "/etc/icinga2-passive-client/api-director.cfg"
+    _initHttpWithConfigfile "${dir_cfg}/api-director.cfg"
     if [ $cfg_debug = true ]; then
       http.setDebug 1
     fi
diff --git a/icinga-cli.sh b/icinga-cli.sh
index c76cdbcb4400dbe180fa694ef7801787831a4e31..dc7844fea3619234751680b408e2055c050b3e54 100755
--- a/icinga-cli.sh
+++ b/icinga-cli.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ typeset -i _rc_all=0
 # helper to make http base setup for host actions
 function _initHttp(){
   # see inc_functions
-   _initHttpWithConfigfile "/etc/icinga2-passive-client/api-icinga2.cfg"
+   _initHttpWithConfigfile "${dir_cfg}/api-icinga2.cfg"
   if [ $debug -ne 0 ]; then
     http.setDebug 1
   fi