diff --git a/scrutiny/config/service.env b/scrutiny/config/service.env
index 8316492..deee204 100644
--- a/scrutiny/config/service.env
+++ b/scrutiny/config/service.env
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ WEB_PORT=8080
 INFLUXDB_PORT=8086
 
 # Devices to monitor - space-separated list of block devices
-# Example: "/dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/nvme0n1"
-# Leave empty to auto-detect (requires --privileged mode)
-DEVICES="/dev/sda"
+# Can use short names (sda sdb) or full paths (/dev/sda /dev/sdb)
+# Example: "sda sdb nvme0n1"
+DEVICES="sda"
 
 # Set to "true" to run in privileged mode (auto-detects all devices)
 # Set to "false" to use explicit DEVICES list above
diff --git a/scrutiny/start.sh b/scrutiny/start.sh
index 2323627..411c30f 100755
--- a/scrutiny/start.sh
+++ b/scrutiny/start.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ if [ "$PRIVILEGED_MODE" = "true" ]; then
     DEVICE_ARGS="--privileged"
 else
     for dev in $DEVICES; do
+        # Auto-prepend /dev/ if not already a path
+        if [[ "$dev" != /* ]]; then
+            dev="/dev/$dev"
+        fi
         if [ -e "$dev" ]; then
             DEVICE_ARGS="$DEVICE_ARGS --device=$dev"
         else