diff --git a/scripts/build_packages.sh b/scripts/build_packages.sh
index ef69922b5b..9789c77944 100755
--- a/scripts/build_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_packages.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ VERSION=$(git describe --long --always)
 ## debian wheezy ##
 
 BUILD=${BUILD_TMP}/sysvinit
-mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/sbin
+mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank
 PKG=${BUILD_PKG}/sysvinit
 mkdir -p ${PKG}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkdir -p ${PKG}
 cp ${BASE}/config/metrictank-package.ini ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-schemas.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-aggregation.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
-cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/sbin/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/bin/
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="${PKG}/metrictank-${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
 fpm -s dir -t deb \
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t deb \
 ## ubuntu 14.04 ##
 
 BUILD=${BUILD_TMP}/upstart
-mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/sbin
+mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/init
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank
 PKG=${BUILD_PKG}/upstart
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ mkdir -p ${PKG}
 cp ${BASE}/config/metrictank-package.ini ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-schemas.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-aggregation.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
-cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/sbin/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/bin/
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="${PKG}/metrictank-${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
 fpm -s dir -t deb \
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t deb \
 ## ubuntu 16.04, Debian 8, CentOS 7 ##
 
 BUILD=${BUILD_TMP}/systemd
-mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/sbin
+mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/lib/systemd/system/
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/var/run/metrictank
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cp ${BASE}/config/metrictank-package.ini ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-schemas.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-aggregation.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/systemd/metrictank.service $BUILD/lib/systemd/system/
-cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/sbin/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/bin/
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="${PKG}/metrictank-${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
 fpm -s dir -t deb \
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t deb \
 ## centos 7 ##
 
 BUILD=${BUILD_TMP}/systemd-centos7
-mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/sbin
+mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/lib/systemd/system/
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/var/run/metrictank
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ cp ${BASE}/config/metrictank-package.ini ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-schemas.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-aggregation.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/systemd/metrictank.service $BUILD/lib/systemd/system/
-cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/sbin/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/bin/
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="${PKG}/metrictank-${VERSION}.el7.${ARCH}.rpm"
 fpm -s dir -t rpm \
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t rpm \
 ## CentOS 6 ##
 
 BUILD=${BUILD_TMP}/upstart-0.6.5
-mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/sbin
+mkdir -p ${BUILD}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/init
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank
 PKG=${BUILD_PKG}/upstart-0.6.5
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cp ${BASE}/config/metrictank-package.ini ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-schemas.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/storage-aggregation.conf ${BUILD}/etc/metrictank/
 cp ${BASE}/config/upstart-0.6.5/metrictank.conf $BUILD/etc/init
-cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/sbin/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/{metrictank,mt-*} ${BUILD}/usr/bin/
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="${PKG}/metrictank-${VERSION}.el6.${ARCH}.rpm"
 fpm -s dir -t rpm \
diff --git a/scripts/config/systemd/metrictank.service b/scripts/config/systemd/metrictank.service
index 626a65ec15..bec66ac435 100644
--- a/scripts/config/systemd/metrictank.service
+++ b/scripts/config/systemd/metrictank.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Group=root
 Type=simple
 Restart=on-failure
 WorkingDirectory=/var/run/metrictank
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/metrictank -config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/metrictank -config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 LimitNOFILE=102400
 TimeoutStopSec=60
 
diff --git a/scripts/config/sysvinit/init.d/metrictank b/scripts/config/sysvinit/init.d/metrictank
index cbc9576564..52ce70effc 100755
--- a/scripts/config/sysvinit/init.d/metrictank
+++ b/scripts/config/sysvinit/init.d/metrictank
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 export PATH
 
 name=metrictank
-program=/usr/sbin/metrictank
+program=/usr/bin/metrictank
 args=-config\\\=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini
 pidfile="/var/run/$name.pid"
 
diff --git a/scripts/config/upstart-0.6.5/metrictank.conf b/scripts/config/upstart-0.6.5/metrictank.conf
index cf330e9640..0646f3ff18 100644
--- a/scripts/config/upstart-0.6.5/metrictank.conf
+++ b/scripts/config/upstart-0.6.5/metrictank.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ script
   [ -r "/etc/default/metrictank" ] && . "/etc/default/metrictank"
   [ -r "/etc/sysconfig/metrictank" ] && . "/etc/sysconfig/metrictank"
   set +a
-  exec chroot --userspec root:root / /usr/sbin/metrictank "-config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini" >> /var/log/metrictank-stdout.log 2>> /var/log/metrictank-stderr.log
+  exec chroot --userspec root:root / /usr/bin/metrictank "-config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini" >> /var/log/metrictank-stdout.log 2>> /var/log/metrictank-stderr.log
 end script
 
diff --git a/scripts/config/upstart/metrictank b/scripts/config/upstart/metrictank
index 2595ab4724..c0d5137339 100644
--- a/scripts/config/upstart/metrictank
+++ b/scripts/config/upstart/metrictank
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ setgid root
 console log # log stdout/stderr to /var/log/upstart/
 
 
-exec /usr/sbin/metrictank "-config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini"
+exec /usr/bin/metrictank "-config=/etc/metrictank/metrictank.ini"