diff --git a/ipfsd.run b/ipfsd.run
index 74338a0..6c7cb83 100644
--- a/ipfsd.run
+++ b/ipfsd.run
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ export HOME="/home/ipfs"
 chown ipfs:ipfs $HOME
 cd $HOME
 
-export IPFS_DIR=/var/lib/ipfs
+export IPFS_PATH=/var/lib/ipfs
 
-if [[ ! -d $IPFS_DIR ]]; then
-    mkdir -p $IPFS_DIR
-    chown ipfs:ipfs $IPFS_DIR
+if [[ ! -d $IPFS_PATH ]]; then
+    mkdir -p $IPFS_PATH
+    chown ipfs:ipfs $IPFS_PATH
     chpst -u ipfs $IPFS init
 fi
 
diff --git a/sync.run b/sync.run
index 08876fb..133dbcf 100644
--- a/sync.run
+++ b/sync.run
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 sleep 1 # prevent cpu spike on looping
 
 export MIRROR_DIR=/var/lib/ubuntumirror
-export IPFS_DIR=/var/lib/ipfs
+export IPFS_PATH=/var/lib/ipfs
 
 
 if [[ ! -d $MIRROR_DIR ]]; then