diff --git a/aurral/Dockerfile b/aurral/Dockerfile
index 2d069993ff..d75a0fc8e7 100644
--- a/aurral/Dockerfile
+++ b/aurral/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ LABEL \
     io.hass.version="${BUILD_VERSION}" \
     maintainer="petruknw"
 
-ENV AURRAL_DATA_DIR=/config/data \
-    DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads \
+ENV DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads \
     WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow
 
 COPY rootfs /
diff --git a/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh b/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
index bb9b1781fa..27d30659f3 100644
--- a/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-# Create persistent data directories
-mkdir -p "${AURRAL_DATA_DIR:-/config/data}"
-mkdir -p "${AURRAL_DATA_DIR:-/config/data}/image-proxy"
+# Create persistent directories in HA volumes
+mkdir -p /config/data
 mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads}"
 mkdir -p "${WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow}"
 
-# The upstream app hardcodes /app/backend/data/image-proxy (relative to __dirname).
-# Symlink it into persistent storage so cached images survive restarts.
-mkdir -p /app/backend/data
-ln -sfn "${AURRAL_DATA_DIR:-/config/data}/image-proxy" /app/backend/data/image-proxy
+# The upstream app expects its data at /app/backend/data and downloads at /app/downloads.
+# Symlink both into HA persistent storage.
+ln -sfn /config/data /app/backend/data
+ln -sfn "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads}" /app/downloads
 
 exec "$@"