diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dcda37c..7fab25f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ########## Variables ##########
 
-fortune_directory = /usr/share/fortune
+fortune_directory = /usr/local/share/fortune
 
 # This just equals 'ttrpg.dat', but if someone wants to split it into separate
 # files, e.g. 'D20.dat' and 'WW.dat', the they would be included.
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ install: $(targets)
 # Mathematicians had to do their own legal work as international law hadn't been
 # established.  Now I'd like to digress from my prepared remarks to discuss how
 # I invented the terlet...
-$(targets): $(fortune_directory)/%: %
+$(targets): $(fortune_directory)/%: % | $(fortune_directory)
 	install -pm644 $< $@
 
+$(fortune_directory):
+	mkdir $@
+
 uninstall:
-	$(RM) $(wildcard $(targets))
+	$(RM) $(targets)
+	! test -d $(fortune_directory) || rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(fortune_directory)