diff --git a/docs/compose/compose.mariadb-shared.yaml b/docs/compose/compose.mariadb-shared.yaml
index 132593b9..29e7404b 100644
--- a/docs/compose/compose.mariadb-shared.yaml
+++ b/docs/compose/compose.mariadb-shared.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-changeit}
     volumes:
-      - /data/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ${HOME}/data/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
     networks:
       - mariadb-network
 
diff --git a/docs/compose/compose.traefik-ssl.yaml b/docs/compose/compose.traefik-ssl.yaml
index 8c41f86e..6a31998f 100644
--- a/docs/compose/compose.traefik-ssl.yaml
+++ b/docs/compose/compose.traefik-ssl.yaml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 443:443
     volumes:
-      - /data/traefik/certificates:/certificates
+      - ${HOME}/data/traefik/certificates:/certificates
diff --git a/docs/single-server-example.md b/docs/single-server-example.md
index 58034756..69e429f8 100644
--- a/docs/single-server-example.md
+++ b/docs/single-server-example.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Create a file called `traefik.env` in `~/gitops`
 ```shell
 echo 'TRAEFIK_DOMAIN=traefik.example.com' > ~/gitops/traefik.env
 echo 'EMAIL=admin@example.com' >> ~/gitops/traefik.env
-echo 'HASHED_PASSWORD='$(openssl passwd -apr1 $PASSWORD | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g') >> ~/gitops/traefik.env
+echo 'HASHED_PASSWORD='$(openssl passwd -apr1 changeit | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g') >> ~/gitops/traefik.env
 ```
 
 Note: