diff --git a/lprint.conf b/lprint.conf
index 4a3d235..962317e 100644
--- a/lprint.conf
+++ b/lprint.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Default configuration
 # multi-queue - Support multiple print queues.
 # web-interface - Web UI.
 # raw-socket - Provide a raw ("JetDirect") socket for each printer on port 91xx.
diff --git a/lprint.spec b/lprint.spec
index 8cdc2bc..af7c2d2 100644
--- a/lprint.spec
+++ b/lprint.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: lprint
 Version: 1.3.1
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 Summary: A Label Printer Application
 
 License: Apache-2.0
@@ -73,16 +73,35 @@ export CC=%{__cc}
 install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/lprint.conf
 
 %pre
+# migration scriptlet to take care of incorrect conf locations
 if [ $1 -gt 1 ]
 then
+    # daemon moved /etc/lprint.conf into /var/lib/lprint.state if the latter was missing and
+    # no HOME env set - this is incorrect, move it back to /etc (server-options are present only in
+    # system conf file). It was daemon solution for migration of configuration after fixing the bug
+    # which gets fixed by next scriptlet (the state was written into /etc)
+    if test -f /var/lib/lprint.state
+    then
+        ! grep -q "^server-options" /var/lib/lprint.state || mv -f /var/lib/lprint.state /etc/lprint.conf
+    fi
+
+    # the original issue - state was written into /etc instead of /var/lib - check if the /etc/lprint.conf
+    # is an actual state file, and if it is, move it into right directory if state file does not exist.
     if test ! -f /var/lib/lprint.state -a -f /etc/lprint.conf
     then
         # if the lprint.conf is the default one from RPM, do not move
-        grep -q "^# Fedora default configuration" /etc/lprint.conf || mv -f /etc/lprint.conf /var/lib/lprint.state
+        grep -q "^server-options" /etc/lprint.conf || mv -f /etc/lprint.conf /var/lib/lprint.state
     fi
 fi
 
 %post
+# generate an empty state file to prevent /etc config file being moved into
+# /var/lib/
+if test ! -f /var/lib/lprint.state
+then
+  touch /var/lib/lprint.state
+fi
+
 %systemd_post lprint.service
 
 %preun
@@ -113,9 +132,13 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/lprint.1*
 %{_mandir}/man5/lprint.conf.5*
 %{_unitdir}/lprint.service
+%ghost %{_sharedstatedir}/lprint.state
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 18 2024 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 1.3.1-7
+- RHEL-62834 Fix post scriptlet
+
 * Mon Nov 18 2024 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 1.3.1-6
 - RHEL-67908 lprint requires avahi-daemon.socket, but does not install avahi