diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c3e4749b..fdfa109f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ byobu (4.26) unreleased; urgency=low
     usr/share/byobu/profiles/Makefile.am, usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux,
     usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc:
     - initial support for launching tmux
+  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor:
+    - get the status/statusrc seeding working again, and ec2_cost enabled
+      on ec2 systems by default again
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:57:12 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
index e7d11d95..a5310047 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ fi
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/profile.tmux" ] || echo "source-file $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/$PKG/profiles/tmux" > "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/profile.tmux"
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" ] || echo "source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/$PKG/keybindings/common" > "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings"
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows"
-[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status"
-[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc"
 [ -r "$HOME/.screenrc" ] || touch "$HOME/.screenrc"
 for f in status statusrc; do
 	if [ ! -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f" ]; then
 		# Copy from skeleton, if possible
-		[ -r "/etc/$PKG/$f" ] && cp -f /etc/$PKG/$f "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f"
+		cp -f "$BYOBU_PREFIX/share/$PKG/status/$f" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f"
 		if [ "$f" = "status" ] && metadata_available; then
 			# Enable ec2_cost if we're in ec2
 			$SED -i -e "s/ec2_cost=.*/ec2_cost=1/" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f"