diff --git a/watchdog/src/watchdog/briefkasten_watchdog/__init__.py b/watchdog/src/watchdog/briefkasten_watchdog/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/watchdog/src/watchdog/briefkasten_watchdog/__init__.py
+++ b/watchdog/src/watchdog/briefkasten_watchdog/__init__.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def main():
 
     # read history of previous runs
     errors = []
-    fs_history = path.abspath(path.join(path.dirname(fs_config), 'var', 'watchdog-history.json'))
+    fs_history = path.abspath(path.join(path.dirname(fs_config), 'watchdog-history.json'))
     if path.exists(fs_history):
         previous_history = json.load(open(fs_history, 'r'))
     else:
Don't keep the data in a subfolder

makes setup of the container easier and a single file inside a folder
doesn't really make sense, anyway