diff --git a/config b/config
index b371f68..d91fa6d 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 export MONGO_IMAGE=${MONGO_IMAGE:="mongo"}
 export MONGO_IMAGE_VERSION=${MONGO_IMAGE_VERSION:="3.4.9"}
 export MONGO_ROOT=${MONGO_ROOT:="/var/lib/dokku/services/mongo"}
+export MONGO_HOST_ROOT=${MONGO_HOST_ROOT:=$MONGO_ROOT}
 
 export PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX="mongo"
 export PLUGIN_CONFIG_ROOT=${PLUGIN_CONFIG_ROOT:="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/config/$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX"}
 export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT=$MONGO_ROOT
+export PLUGIN_DATA_HOST_ROOT=$MONGO_HOST_ROOT
 export PLUGIN_DATASTORE_PORTS=(27017 27018 27019 28017)
 export PLUGIN_DATASTORE_WAIT_PORT=27017
 export PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ALIAS="MONGO"
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 77fb838..76c1549 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ service_create() {
 service_create_container() {
   local SERVICE="$1"
   local SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  local SERVICE_HOST_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_HOST_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   local SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
   local ROOTPASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/ROOTPASSWORD")"
   local PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ service_create_container() {
   fi
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  ID=$(docker run --name "$SERVICE_NAME" -v "$SERVICE_ROOT/data:/data/db" --env-file="$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV" -d --restart always --label dokku=service --label dokku.service=mongo "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" mongod $MONGO_CONFIG_OPTIONS)
+  ID=$(docker run --name "$SERVICE_NAME" -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/data/db" --env-file="$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV" -d --restart always --label dokku=service --label dokku.service=mongo "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" mongod $MONGO_CONFIG_OPTIONS)
   echo "$ID" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ID"
 
   dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Waiting for container to be ready"
@@ -107,9 +108,10 @@ service_export() {
 
 service_import() {
   local SERVICE="$1"
-  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
-  SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
-  PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
+  local SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  local SERVICE_HOST_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_HOST_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  local SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
+  local PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
 
   if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
     dokku_log_fail "No data provided on stdin."
diff --git a/subcommands/destroy b/subcommands/destroy
index abdbc65..a022b9b 100755
--- a/subcommands/destroy
+++ b/subcommands/destroy
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ service-destroy-cmd() {
   [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
   verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
+  SERVICE_HOST_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_HOST_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
 
   [[ -s "$LINKS_FILE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Cannot delete linked service"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ service-destroy-cmd() {
   fi
 
   dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Removing data"
-  docker run --rm -v "$SERVICE_ROOT/data:/data" -v "$SERVICE_ROOT/config:/config" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" chmod 777 -R /config /data
+  docker run --rm -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/data" -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/config:/config" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" chmod 777 -R /config /data
   rm -rf "$SERVICE_ROOT"
 
   dokku_log_info2 "$PLUGIN_SERVICE container deleted: $SERVICE"