diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af90eb62..4002d50a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ You can also build this into a docker image and run it:
 
 ```bash
 docker build -t autogpt .
-docker run -it --env-file=./.env -v $PWD/auto_gpt_workspace:/app/auto_gpt_workspace autogpt
+docker run -it --env-file=./.env -v $PWD/auto_gpt_workspace:/home/appuser/auto_gpt_workspace autogpt
 ```
 
 Or if you have `docker-compose`:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ docker-compose run --build --rm auto-gpt
 
 You can pass extra arguments, for instance, running with `--gpt3only` and `--continuous` mode:
 ```bash
-docker run -it --env-file=./.env -v $PWD/auto_gpt_workspace:/app/auto_gpt_workspace autogpt --gpt3only --continuous
+docker run -it --env-file=./.env -v $PWD/auto_gpt_workspace:/home/appuser/auto_gpt_workspace autogpt --gpt3only --continuous
 ```
 ```bash
 docker-compose run --build --rm auto-gpt --gpt3only --continuous
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index be225d7d..50fa1a07 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - .env
     volumes:
-      - "./autogpt:/app"
-      - ".env:/app/.env"
+      - "./autogpt:/home/appuser"
+      - ".env:/home/appuser/.env"
     profiles: ["exclude-from-up"]
 
   redis: