diff --git a/aurral/rootfs/etc/services.d/aurral/run b/aurral/rootfs/etc/services.d/aurral/run
index aaec93a9ab..f512b026b0 100644
--- a/aurral/rootfs/etc/services.d/aurral/run
+++ b/aurral/rootfs/etc/services.d/aurral/run
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ DATA_FOLDER=$(bashio::config 'data_folder')
 # Ensure host-side directories exist
 mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}" "${DATA_FOLDER}"
 
-# Symlink HA share paths into the locations Aurral expects internally
-rm -rf /app/downloads
-ln -sf "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}" /app/downloads
-
-rm -rf /app/backend/data
-ln -sf "${DATA_FOLDER}" /app/backend/data
-
 bashio::log.info "Starting Aurral"
-bashio::log.info "  Downloads : ${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}"
 bashio::log.info "  Data      : ${DATA_FOLDER}"
+bashio::log.info "  Downloads : ${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}"
+
+# Use Aurral's native env vars to redirect paths to HA share locations.
+# This avoids symlinks into host-mounted paths which the upstream
+# docker-entrypoint.sh cannot chown (Operation not permitted).
+export AURRAL_DATA_DIR="${DATA_FOLDER}"
+export DOWNLOAD_FOLDER="${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}"
+export WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER="${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}/weekly-flow"
 
 exec node /app/backend/server.js