diff --git a/buildconf/local.conf.sample b/buildconf/local.conf.sample
index 76fdaec..b360acd 100644
--- a/buildconf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/buildconf/local.conf.sample
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MACHINE ?= "beaglebone"
 
-#DL_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/downloads"
-#SSTATE_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/sstate-cache"
+DL_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/../../downloads"
+SSTATE_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/../../sstate-cache"
 #TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp"
 
 DISTRO ?= "poky"