diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 020ad6c..883f1bd 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::params (
   String $ng_u_comment              = 'Nagios User',
   String $ng_u_groups               = 'nagios',
   String $ng_u_shell                = '/sbin/nologin',
-  String $ng_u_home                 = '/home/nagios',
+  String $ng_u_home                 = '/var/spool/nagios',
 
 # httpd
   Boolean $ng_use_https       = false,