diff --git a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
index f3b65fc0..5459de59 100755
--- a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
+++ b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import traceback
 
 FETCHMAIL = """
 fetchmail -N \
-    --idfile /data/.fetchids --uidl \
+    --idfile /data/fetchids --uidl \
     --sslcertck --sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs \
     -f {}
 """