diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index 90a84ac1..910ebe8f 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
 
 ### Database configuration
 
-# This is the only directory where conduwuit will save its data, including media
-database_path = "/var/lib/matrix-conduit/"
+# This is the only directory where conduwuit will save its data, including media.
+# Note: this was previously "/var/lib/matrix-conduit"
+database_path = "/var/lib/conduwuit"
 
 # Database backend: Only rocksdb and sqlite are supported. Please note that sqlite
 # will perform significantly worse than rocksdb as it is not intended to be used the
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 9383bbac..d07ad36b 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ case "$1" in
     # and permissions for the config.
     mkdir -v -p "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
 
+    # symlink the previous location for compatibility
+    ln -s -v "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH" "/var/lib/matrix-conduit"
+
     chown -v conduwuit:conduwuit -R "$CONDUWUIT_DATABASE_PATH"
     chown -v conduwuit:conduwuit -R "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_PATH"
     chown -v conduwuit:conduwuit -R "$CONDUWUIT_CONFIG_FILE"
diff --git a/docs/deploying/docker-compose.for-traefik.yml b/docs/deploying/docker-compose.for-traefik.yml
index 70f4bb0c..84d7ea59 100644
--- a/docs/deploying/docker-compose.for-traefik.yml
+++ b/docs/deploying/docker-compose.for-traefik.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '2.4' # uses '2.4' for cpuset
 
 services:
     homeserver:
-        ### If you already built the Conduit image with 'docker build' or want to use the Docker Hub image,
+        ### If you already built the conduduwit image with 'docker build' or want to use the Docker Hub image,
         ### then you are ready to go.
         image: girlbossceo/conduwuit:latest
         ### If you want to build a fresh image from the sources, then comment the image line and uncomment the
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ services:
         #         GIT_REF: origin/master
         restart: unless-stopped
         volumes:
-            - db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit
+            - db:/var/lib/conduwuit
             #- ./conduwuit.toml:/etc/conduit.toml
         networks:
             - proxy
         environment:
             CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: your.server.name # EDIT THIS
-            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/matrix-conduit
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/conduwuit
             CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND: rocksdb
             CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
             CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000 # in bytes, ~20 MB
diff --git a/docs/deploying/docker-compose.yml b/docs/deploying/docker-compose.yml
index c386b77f..1d80c677 100644
--- a/docs/deploying/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/deploying/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ services:
         ports:
             - 8448:6167
         volumes:
-            - db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit
+            - db:/var/lib/conduwuit
             #- ./conduwuit.toml:/etc/conduit.toml
         environment:
             CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: your.server.name # EDIT THIS
-            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/matrix-conduit
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/conduwuit
             CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND: rocksdb
             CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
             CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000 # in bytes, ~20 MB