diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6585640..02a0593 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "golgi"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi.git#77dd75bcd4649b7487069a61e2a8069b49f60a1d"
+source = "git+https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi#77dd75bcd4649b7487069a61e2a8069b49f60a1d"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-stream 0.3.3",
diff --git a/peach-config/src/set_permissions.rs b/peach-config/src/set_permissions.rs
index 45a6959..72ea4a0 100644
--- a/peach-config/src/set_permissions.rs
+++ b/peach-config/src/set_permissions.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
+use peach_lib::config_manager::get_config_value;
+
 use crate::error::PeachConfigError;
 use crate::utils::cmd;
 
-/// All configs are stored in this folder, and should be read/writeable by peach group
-/// so they can be read and written by all PeachCloud services.
-pub const CONFIGS_DIR: &str = "/var/lib/peachcloud";
-pub const PEACH_WEB_DIR: &str = "/usr/share/peach-web";
-pub const PEACH_HOME_DIR: &str = "/home/peach";
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref CONFIGS_DIR: String = get_config_value("PEACH_CONFIG_DIR").expect("Failed to load config value for PEACH_CONFIG_DIR");
+    pub static ref PEACH_WEB_DIR: String = "/usr/share/peach-web".to_string();
+    pub static ref PEACH_HOME_DIR: String = "/home/peach".to_string();
+}
 
 /// Utility function to set correct file permissions on the PeachCloud device.
 /// Accidentally changing file permissions is a fairly common thing to happen,
 /// so this is a useful CLI function for quickly correcting anything that may be out of order.
 pub fn set_permissions() -> Result<(), PeachConfigError> {
     println!("[ UPDATING FILE PERMISSIONS ON PEACHCLOUD DEVICE ]");
-    cmd(&["chmod", "-R", "u+rwX,g+rwX", CONFIGS_DIR])?;
-    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach", CONFIGS_DIR])?;
-    cmd(&["chgrp", "-R", "peach", CONFIGS_DIR])?;
-    cmd(&["chmod", "-R", "u+rwX,g+rwX", PEACH_WEB_DIR])?;
-    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach:peach", PEACH_WEB_DIR])?;
-    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach:peach", PEACH_HOME_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chmod", "-R", "u+rwX,g+rwX", &CONFIGS_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach:peach", &CONFIGS_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chmod", "-R", "u+rwX,g+rwX", &PEACH_WEB_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach:peach", &PEACH_WEB_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chmod", "-R", "u+rwX,g+rwX", &PEACH_HOME_DIR])?;
+    cmd(&["chown", "-R", "peach:peach", &PEACH_HOME_DIR])?;
     println!("[ PERMISSIONS SUCCESSFULLY UPDATED ]");
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
index a3213f6..3852dfc 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn get_peach_config_defaults() -> HashMap<String, String> {
         ("SSB_ADMIN_IDS", ""),
         ("ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH", "47"),
         ("TEMPORARY_PASSWORD_HASH", ""),
-        ("GO_SBOT_DATADIR", ""),
+        ("GO_SBOT_DATADIR", "/home/peach/.ssb-go"),
         ("PEACH_CONFIGDIR", "/var/lib/peachcloud"),
     ]);
     // convert HashMap<&str, &str> to HashMap<String, String> and return
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
index ee9434f..c76857d 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use std::{fs, fs::File, io, io::Write, path::PathBuf, process::Command, str};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use crate::config_manager::get_config_value;
 
 use crate::error::PeachError;
 
@@ -126,11 +127,8 @@ impl SbotStatus {
             }
         }
 
-        // determine path of user's home directory
-        let mut blobstore_path = dirs::home_dir().ok_or(PeachError::HomeDir)?;
-
-        // append the blobstore path
-        blobstore_path.push(".ssb-go/blobs/sha256");
+        // get path to blobstore
+        let blobstore_path = format!("{}/blobs/sha256", get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?);
 
         // determine the size of the blobstore directory in bytes
         status.blobstore = dir_size(blobstore_path).ok();
@@ -220,8 +218,7 @@ impl SbotConfig {
         let config_string = toml::to_string(&config)?;
 
         // determine path of user's home directory
-        let mut config_path = dirs::home_dir().ok_or(PeachError::HomeDir)?;
-        config_path.push(".ssb-go/config.toml");
+        let config_path = format!("{}/config.toml", get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?);
 
         // open config file for writing
         let mut file = File::create(config_path)?;