diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/networking/FlippRServer.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/networking/FlippRServer.cpp
index 730c112..05bc45c 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/networking/FlippRServer.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/networking/FlippRServer.cpp
@@ -181,9 +181,8 @@ HTTPServer* FlippRServer::build_output_server()
 {
   unsigned short port = (unsigned short) config().getInt("FlippRServer.port", this->output_port);
 
-  std::string runtime_dir = this->get_runtime_dir();
-
-  SocketAddress address(runtime_dir + OUTPUT_SOCKET_NAME);
+    std::string path = this->create_directory(OUTPUT_SOCKET_NAME);
+    SocketAddress address(path);
   ServerSocket server_socket(address);
 
   return new HTTPServer(new OutputRequestHandlerFactory(this->output_driver), server_socket, new HTTPServerParams);
@@ -193,8 +192,8 @@ TCPServer* FlippRServer::build_input_server()
 {
   unsigned short port = (unsigned short) config().getInt("FlippRServer.port", this->output_port);
 
-  std::string runtime_dir = this->get_runtime_dir();
-  SocketAddress address(runtime_dir + INPUT_SOCKET_NAME);
+  std::string path = this->create_directory(INPUT_SOCKET_NAME);
+  SocketAddress address(path);
   ServerSocket server_socket(address);
 
   return new TCPServer(new input::InputSocketHandlerFactory(this->input_driver), port);