diff --git a/config b/config
index 2643acc..c15b2fb 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 export POSTGRES_IMAGE=${POSTGRES_IMAGE:="postgres"}
 export POSTGRES_IMAGE_VERSION=${POSTGRES_IMAGE_VERSION:="10.2"}
 export POSTGRES_ROOT=${POSTGRES_ROOT:="/var/lib/dokku/services/postgres"}
+export POSTGRES_HOST_ROOT=${POSTGRES_HOST_ROOT:=$POSTGRES_ROOT}
 
 export PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX="postgres"
 export PLUGIN_CONFIG_ROOT=${PLUGIN_CONFIG_ROOT:="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/config/$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX"}
 export PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT=$POSTGRES_ROOT
+export PLUGIN_DATA_HOST_ROOT=$POSTGRES_HOST_ROOT
 export PLUGIN_DATASTORE_PORTS=(5432)
 export PLUGIN_DATASTORE_WAIT_PORT=5432
 export PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ALIAS="DATABASE"
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 154eef0..a13bc8f 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ 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 "$SERVICE")"
   local PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
   local PREVIOUS_ID
 
-  ID=$(docker run --name "$SERVICE_NAME" -v "$SERVICE_ROOT/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data" -e "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$PASSWORD" --env-file="$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV" -d --restart always --label dokku=service --label dokku.service=postgres "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION")
+  ID=$(docker run --name "$SERVICE_NAME" -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data" -e "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$PASSWORD" --env-file="$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV" -d --restart always --label dokku=service --label dokku.service=postgres "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION")
   echo "$ID" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ID"
 
   dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Waiting for container to be ready"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ service_create_container() {
 
   dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Securing connection to database"
   service_stop "$SERVICE" > /dev/null
-  docker run --rm -i -v "$SERVICE_ROOT/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" bash -s < "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/scripts/enable_ssl.sh" &> /dev/null
+  docker run --rm -i -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" bash -s < "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/scripts/enable_ssl.sh" &> /dev/null
 
   PREVIOUS_ID=$(docker ps -f status=exited | grep -e "$SERVICE_NAME$" | awk '{print $1}') || true
   docker start "$PREVIOUS_ID" > /dev/null
@@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ service_export() {
 
 service_import() {
   local SERVICE="$1"
-  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
-  SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
-  DATABASE_NAME="$(get_database_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 "$SERVICE")"
+  local DATABASE_NAME="$(get_database_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"