diff --git a/config b/config
index 746a975..7e55857 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 export MONGO_IMAGE=${MONGO_IMAGE:="mongo"}
 export MONGO_IMAGE_VERSION=${MONGO_IMAGE_VERSION:="3.0.6"}
-export MONGO_ROOT=/var/lib/dokku/services/mongo
+export MONGO_ROOT=${MONGO_ROOT:="/var/lib/dokku/services/mongo"}
 
 export PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX="mongo"
-export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT=${PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT:="$MONGO_ROOT"}
+export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT=$MONGO_ROOT
 export PLUGIN_DATASTORE_PORTS=(27017 27018 27019 28017)
 export PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ALIAS="MONGO"
 export PLUGIN_IMAGE=$MONGO_IMAGE
diff --git a/tests/test_helper.bash b/tests/test_helper.bash
index eb0c287..560cbb5 100644
--- a/tests/test_helper.bash
+++ b/tests/test_helper.bash
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ export PLUGIN_PATH="$DOKKU_ROOT/plugins"
 export PLUGIN_ENABLED_PATH="$PLUGIN_PATH"
 export PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH="$PLUGIN_PATH"
 export PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH="$PLUGIN_PATH"
-export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/fixtures"
+export MONGO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/fixtures"
+export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT="$MONGO_ROOT"
 
 mkdir -p "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT"
 rm -rf "${PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT:?}"/*