diff --git a/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh b/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
index 9edf5e433c8dcd39d51305d202c441c7fd48b1f6..f510cc36f92b76fb90c8a8f9afe7f1437805cde4 100644
--- a/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
     "$REDOX_MAKE" DESTDIR="$dest" install
 
-    mkdir -pv "$1/share/timidity"
-    echo "soundfont /share/generaluser-gs/generaluser-gs.sf2" >> "$1/share/timidity/timidity.cfg"
+    mkdir -pv "$1/etc/timidity"
+    echo "soundfont /share/generaluser-gs/generaluser-gs.sf2" >> "$1/etc/timidity/timidity.cfg"
 
     skip=1
 }