diff --git a/roles/dopr/files/cdic_update_db.sh b/roles/dopr/files/cdic_update_db.sh
index aa15ea9ea0..eb53741164 100644
--- a/roles/dopr/files/cdic_update_db.sh
+++ b/roles/dopr/files/cdic_update_db.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 echo "befor"
 
-cd ../..
+cd ..
 if [ -e /home/cdic/init_done ]; then
     echo "db schema upgrade "
-    alembic upgrade head
+    PYTHONPATH=cdic:$PYTHONPATH alembic upgrade head
 else
     echo "initiating db"
     PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH /usr/bin/python3 cdic/manage.py create_db -f alembic.ini
diff --git a/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_async.service b/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_async.service
index f0af37de62..a704c587d4 100644
--- a/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_async.service
+++ b/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_async.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Description=cdic async executor daemon
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-PIDFile=/run/cdic/pid_async
+PIDFile=/var/run/cdic/pid_async
 User=cdic
 Group=cdic
 WorkingDirectory=/home/cdic/server/cdic/src/cdic
diff --git a/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_gunicorn.service b/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_gunicorn.service
index 21fc943e30..290a7c27c5 100644
--- a/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_gunicorn.service
+++ b/roles/dopr/files/systemd/cdic_gunicorn.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=cdic_async.service
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-PIDFile=/run/cdic/pid
+PIDFile=/var/run/cdic/pid
 User=cdic
 Group=cdic
 WorkingDirectory=/home/cdic/server/cdic/src/cdic
diff --git a/roles/dopr/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dopr/tasks/main.yml
index 238c1cbb67..ee8367a1a8 100644
--- a/roles/dopr/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dopr/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 -  file: path=/var/lib/cdic state=directory mode=0755 owner=cdic group=cdic
 -  file: path=/var/lib/cdic/openid state=directory mode=0755 owner=cdic group=cdic
 -  file: path=/var/lib/cdic/wp state=directory mode=0755 owner=cdic group=cdic
+-  file: path=/var/run/cdic state=directory mode=0755 owner=cdic group=cdic
 -  file: path=/home/cdic/.config state=directory mode=0755 owner=cdic group=cdic
 
 - name: copy cdic config