--- a/src/fslview/assistantclient.cpp
+++ b/src/fslview/assistantclient.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
   QAssistantClient( path, qApp->mainWidget())
 {
   Preferences p;
-  m_docPath = p.inqFSLDir() + QString("/doc/fslview");
+  // Debian specific path setting
+  //m_docPath = p.inqFSLDir() + QString("/doc/fslview");
+  m_docPath = QString("/usr/share/doc/fslview-doc/html");
   QStringList args;
 
   args << "-profile" << QString("%1/fslview.adp").arg(m_docPath);
--- a/src/fslview/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/fslview/preferences.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   if(m_fsldir == "")
     m_fsldir = readEntry("/fsl/fsldir", "").ascii();
   if(m_fsldir == "")
-    m_fsldir = string(getenv("FSLDIR") ? getenv("FSLDIR") : "/usr/local/fsl");
+    m_fsldir = string(getenv("FSLDIR") ? getenv("FSLDIR") : "/usr/share/fsl");
 
   return m_fsldir; 
 }
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 string Preferences::inqAssistantPath() const
 {
   if(m_assistantpath == "")
+    m_assistantpath = string("/usr/share/qt3/bin");
+  if(m_assistantpath == "")
     m_assistantpath = readEntry("/qt/assistantpath","").ascii();
   if(m_assistantpath == "")
     m_assistantpath = string(getenv("FSLQTASSISTANTPATH") ? 
