diff --git a/docker-registry/config/service.env b/docker-registry/config/service.env
index 59f3c2e..3d1778f 100644
--- a/docker-registry/config/service.env
+++ b/docker-registry/config/service.env
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SSH_USER="root"
 REGISTRY_PORT=5000
 
 # Data path - stores all registry data (images, blobs, etc.)
-# Override this to store data in a custom location
-DATA_PATH="${SERVICE_PATH}/data"
+# Set this to the absolute path where registry data should be stored
+DATA_PATH="/home/dropshell/docker-registry"
 
 TEMPLATE=docker-registry
diff --git a/docker-registry/install.sh b/docker-registry/install.sh
index b3c55c7..e58948e 100755
--- a/docker-registry/install.sh
+++ b/docker-registry/install.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/_volumes.sh"
-_check_required_env_vars "CONTAINER_NAME" "IMAGE_REGISTRY" "IMAGE_REPO" "IMAGE_TAG" "DATA_VOLUME" "CONFIG_PATH"
+_check_required_env_vars "CONTAINER_NAME" "IMAGE_REGISTRY" "IMAGE_REPO" "IMAGE_TAG" "DATA_PATH" "CONFIG_PATH"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-create_items $(get_registry_volumes) || _die "Failed to create volume ${DATA_VOLUME}"
+create_items $(get_registry_volumes) || _die "Failed to create data path ${DATA_PATH}"
 
 _check_docker_installed || _die "Docker test failed, aborting installation..."
 
diff --git a/docker-registry/template_info.env b/docker-registry/template_info.env
index 9a9a135..b26eecb 100644
--- a/docker-registry/template_info.env
+++ b/docker-registry/template_info.env
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ REQUIRES_DOCKER_ROOT=false
 IMAGE_REGISTRY="docker.io"
 IMAGE_REPO="library/registry"
 
-# Path settings - stores all registry data (images, blobs, etc.)
-DATA_PATH="${SERVICE_PATH}/data"
+# DATA_PATH must be set in service.env - stores all registry data (images, blobs, etc.)