diff -up fail2ban-0.8.10/client/fail2banreader.py.notmp fail2ban-0.8.10/client/fail2banreader.py
--- fail2ban-0.8.10/client/fail2banreader.py.notmp	2013-06-12 11:21:12.000000000 -0600
+++ fail2ban-0.8.10/client/fail2banreader.py	2013-06-12 16:17:43.820837700 -0600
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 		ConfigReader.read(self, "fail2ban")
 	
 	def getEarlyOptions(self):
-		opts = [["string", "socket", "/tmp/fail2ban.sock"],
+		opts = [["string", "socket", "/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock"],
 				["string", "pidfile", "/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid"]]
 		return ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)