diff --git a/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf b/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf
index b15f4dd..d398731 100755
--- a/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf
+++ b/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ requests_per_minute = 10
 [bird]
 listen = "0.0.0.0:29184"
 config = "/etc/bird.conf"
-birdc  = "/sbin/birdc"
+birdc  = "birdc"
 ttl = 5 # time to live (in minutes) for caching of cli output
 
 [bird6]
 listen = "0.0.0.0:29186"
 config = "/etc/bird6.conf"
-birdc  = "/sbin/birdc6"
+birdc  = "birdc6"
 ttl = 5 # time to live (in minutes) for caching of cli output
 
 [parser]