--- a/caja-dropbox.in
+++ b/caja-dropbox.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ DOWNLOADING = "Downloading Dropbox... %d%%"
 UNPACKING = "Unpacking Dropbox... %d%%"

 PARENT_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~")
-DROPBOXD_PATH = "%s/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd" % PARENT_DIR
+DROPBOXD_PATH = "@dropboxd@"
 DESKTOP_FILE = "@DESKTOP_FILE_DIR@/caja-dropbox.desktop"

 enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()