diff --git a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
index eb37755..edfc91d 100755
--- a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
+++ b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use Getopt::Std;
 use DBI;
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
 
-# -c = location of the SQL config file for OpenSMTPD
+# -c = location of the SQL config file for OpenSMTPD, located in /etc/mail
 # -l = logging of virtual vacation parsed report/filter streams and decisions
 # -v = verbose (extra flag) logging of report stream
 # -d = debug (extra flag) logging of filter stream
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ my $db_user = '';
 my $db_pass = '';
 my $db_name = '';
 
-if ($opt_c && -e $opt_c) { 
-	open (my $fh_config, '<', $opt_c);
+if ($opt_c && -e "/etc/mail/$opt_c") { 
+	open (my $fh_config, '<', "/etc/mail/$opt_c");
 	while (my $line = <$fh_config>) {
 		chomp $line;
 		if ($line =~ /^host\s+(.*)$/) { $db_host = $1; }