diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index 51943171..e9805f51 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin;
 GKeyFile *keyfile;
 SpectrumNetworkPlugin *np;
 
+std::string replaceAll(
+  std::string result,
+  const std::string& replaceWhat,
+  const std::string& replaceWithWhat)
+{
+  while(1)
+  {
+	const int pos = result.find(replaceWhat);
+	if (pos==-1) break;
+	result.replace(pos,replaceWhat.size(),replaceWithWhat);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 static std::string KEYFILE_STRING(const std::string &cat, const std::string &key, const std::string &def = "") {
 	gchar *str = g_key_file_get_string(keyfile, cat.c_str(), key.c_str(), 0);
 	if (!str) {
@@ -83,6 +97,11 @@ static std::string KEYFILE_STRING(const std::string &cat, const std::string &key
 			ret.erase(ret.end() - 1);
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (ret.find("$jid") != std::string::npos) {
+		std::string jid = KEYFILE_STRING("service", "jid");
+		ret = replaceAll(ret, "$jid", jid);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 05473249..88e6e2c2 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 		("service.group", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "The name of group Spectrum runs as.")
 		("service.backend", value<std::string>()->default_value("libpurple_backend"), "Backend")
 		("service.protocol", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Protocol")
-		("service.pidfile", value<std::string>()->default_value("/var/run/spectrum2/spectrum2.pid"), "Full path to pid file")
-		("service.working_dir", value<std::string>()->default_value("/var/lib/spectrum2"), "Working dir")
+		("service.pidfile", value<std::string>()->default_value("/var/run/spectrum2/$jid.pid"), "Full path to pid file")
+		("service.working_dir", value<std::string>()->default_value("/var/lib/spectrum2/$jid"), "Working dir")
 		("service.allowed_servers", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Only users from these servers can connect")
 		("service.server_mode", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "True if Spectrum should behave as server")
 		("service.users_per_backend", value<int>()->default_value(100), "Number of users per one legacy network backend")
@@ -101,10 +101,20 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 
 	parsed_options parsed = parse_config_file(ifs, opts, true);
 
+	std::string jid = "";
 	BOOST_FOREACH(option opt, parsed.options) {
+		if (opt.string_key == "service.jid") {
+			jid = opt.value[0];
+		}
+	}
+
+	BOOST_FOREACH(option &opt, parsed.options) {
 		if (opt.unregistered) {
 			m_unregistered[opt.string_key] = opt.value[0];
 		}
+		else if (opt.value[0].find("$jid") != std::string::npos) {
+			boost::replace_all(opt.value[0], "$jid", jid);
+		}
 	}
 
 	store(parsed, m_variables);