diff --git a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/providers/app.rb b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/providers/app.rb
index 335dfa1627..499a58cfb1 100644
--- a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/providers/app.rb
+++ b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/providers/app.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ action :start do
 			end
 		end
 
-		#notifies :restart, "service[#{r.name}]"
+		notifies :restart, "service[#{r.name}]"
 	end
 
 	file "/etc/init/#{r.name}.conf" do
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ action :start do
 		EOS
 	end
 
+	directory "/etc/sharelatex"
+	template "/etc/sharelatex/settings.coffee" do
+		mode 0400
+		user "www-data"
+		notifies :restart, "service[#{r.name}]"
+	end
+
 	service "#{r.name}" do
 		provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
 		action :start
diff --git a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/recipes/default.rb b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/recipes/default.rb
index 72f4c76b07..e7bb3221b4 100644
--- a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/recipes/default.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # Copyright 2014, ShareLaTeX
 #
 
-directory "/etc/sharelatex"
-
-template "/etc/sharelatex/settings.coffee" do
-	mode 0400
-	user "www-data"
+for dir in ["compiles", "clsi-cache", "user_files"] do
+	directory "/var/lib/sharelatex/#{dir}" do
+		user "www-data"
+		recursive true
+	end
 end
 
 sharelatex_app "web-sharelatex" do
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ end
 sharelatex_app "clsi-sharelatex" do
 	repository "https://github.com/sharelatex/clsi-sharelatex.git"
 	revision   "master"
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
diff --git a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/templates/default/settings.coffee.erb b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/templates/default/settings.coffee.erb
index ac1a544368..96215179e0 100644
--- a/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/templates/default/settings.coffee.erb
+++ b/server-ce/chef/cookbooks/sharelatex/templates/default/settings.coffee.erb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports =
 			#
 			# For local filesystem this is the directory to store the files in.
 			# This path must exist, not be tmpfs and be writable to by the user sharelatex is run as.
-			user_files: Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../user_files")
+			user_files: "/var/lib/sharelatex/user_files"
 		# Uncomment if you need to configure your S3 credentials
 		# s3:
 		# 	# if you are using S3, then fill in your S3 details below
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module.exports =
 			username: "clsi"
 			password: ""
 			dialect: "sqlite"
-			storage: Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../db.sqlite")
+			storage: "/var/lib/sharelatex/clsi.sqlite"
 
 	# Service locations
 	# -----------------
@@ -230,15 +230,15 @@ module.exports =
 
 	# Internal configs
 	# ----------------
-	path:
+	path: 
 		# If we ever need to write something to disk (e.g. incoming requests
 		# that need processing but may be too big for memory, then write
 		# them to disk here).
 		dumpFolder: Path.resolve "data/dumpFolder"
 		# Where to write the project to disk before running LaTeX on it
-		compilesDir:  Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../compiles")
+		compilesDir:  "/var/lib/sharelatex/compiles"
 		# Where to cache downloaded URLs for the CLSI
-		clsiCacheDir: Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../cache")
+		clsiCacheDir: "/var/lib/sharelatex/clsi-cache"
 	
 	# Automatic Snapshots
 	# -------------------