diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
index 192e214d11d702aaea263d58c2ef87cbf242778b..00922f33f1ce6b9d87883718fde3d00da65fa045 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ RUN chown -R eris $ECM_PATH
 VOLUME /home/$USER/.eris
 WORKDIR /home/$USER/.eris
 USER $USER
-RUN mkdir --parents /home/$USER/.eris/blockchains/tendermint
-ENV TMROOT /home/$USER/.eris/blockchains/tendermint
+RUN mkdir --parents /home/$USER/.eris/chains/tendermint
+ENV TMROOT /home/$USER/.eris/chains/tendermint
 
 # run tendermint
 # ports: 1337:eris-db API; 46656:mint-peer; 46657:mint-rpc
diff --git a/DOCKER/start.sh b/DOCKER/start.sh
index 81aaa9e811eb7b74f60a4d85a32217524d2928b5..9e78d5856f0dadbfe36a279a3f41b61f9d399aad 100755
--- a/DOCKER/start.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/start.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fi
 
 # TODO: deal with chain numbers
 # and eg. $CONTAINER_NAME
-CHAIN_DIR="/home/$USER/.eris/blockchains/$CHAIN_ID"
+CHAIN_DIR="/home/$USER/.eris/chains/$CHAIN_ID"
 
 # set the tendermint directory
 TMROOT=$CHAIN_DIR
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 
 # our root chain
 if [ ! $ROOT_CHAIN_ID ]; then
-	ROOT_CHAIN_ID=etcb_testnet	
+	ROOT_CHAIN_ID=etcb_testnet
 fi
 if [ ! $NODE_ADDR ]; then
 	NODE_ADDR=interblock.io:46657