diff --git a/docs/openttd.6 b/docs/openttd.6
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/openttd.6
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH OPENTTD 6 "September 16, 2004"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
+.\" .nh        disable hyphenation
+.\" .hy        enable hyphenation
+.\" .ad l      left justify
+.\" .ad b      justify to both left and right margins
+.\" .nf        disable filling
+.\" .fi        enable filling
+.\" .br        insert line break
+.\" .sp <n>    insert n+1 empty lines
+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+openttd \-  An open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B openttd
+.RI [ options ]
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Unfortanetely, there is no real manpage for openttd yet. Hopefully someone
+will write one soon. For now you should use
+.B openttd -h
+for more information, or check our Wiki manual: http://wiki.openttd.com
+.PP
+.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
+.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, 
+.\" respectively.
+.\" \fBopenttd\fP is a program that...
+.SH OPTIONS
+Wouldn't we like to have something here?
+.\" below are commented out, to serve as layout examples for when somebody
+.\" does actually fill this page
+.\" .TP
+.\" .B \-h, \-\-help
+.\" Show summary of options.
+.\" .TP
+.\" .B \-v, \-\-version
+.\" Show version of program.
+.\" .SH SEE ALSO
+.\" .BR bar (1),
+.\" .BR baz (1).
+.br
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@katherina.student.utwente.nl>,
+for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/os/debian/rules b/os/debian/rules
index 8c67770b74..7a67e7833a 100644
--- a/os/debian/rules
+++ b/os/debian/rules
@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ build-stamp: configure-stamp
 
 	# Add here commands to compile the package.
 	
-	# we specifiy MANUAL_CONFIG here, so our settings take precedence over
-	# the ones in the existing Makefile.config (actually, the existing
-	# Makefile.config is not used at all, though it is overwritten)
 	rm Makefile.config
-	$(MAKE) PREFIX=/usr MIDI=/usr/bin/timidity INSTALL=1 
+	$(MAKE) PREFIX=/usr MIDI=/usr/bin/timidity INSTALL=1 BINARY_DIR=games DATA_DIR=share/games/openttd PERSONAL_DIR=.openttd USE_HOMEDIR=1
 
 	#/usr/bin/docbook-to-man debian/openttd.sgml > openttd.1