diff --git a/job-server/config/dse.sh b/job-server/config/dse.sh
index 426cd845e..afc61c6f4 100644
--- a/job-server/config/dse.sh
+++ b/job-server/config/dse.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ fi
 DEPLOY_HOSTS="localhost"
 
 INSTALL_DIR="$DSE_COMPONENTS_ROOT/spark/spark-jobserver"
-LOG_DIR=/var/log/spark/job-server
+LOG_DIR="${LOG_DIR:-"$HOME/.spark-jobserver"}"
 
 PIDFILE=spark-jobserver.pid
-
-SPARK_CONF_DIR=${SPARK_CONF_DIR:-"$SPARK_HOME/conf"}
diff --git a/job-server/src/main/resources/application.conf b/job-server/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 235394581..615c6f1cb 100644
--- a/job-server/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/job-server/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ spark {
     cache-on-upload = true
 
     filedao {
-      rootdir = /tmp/spark-jobserver/filedao/data
+      rootdir = ${HOME}/.spark-jobserver/filedao/data
     }
 
     datadao {
       # storage directory for files that are uploaded to the server
       # via POST/data commands
-      rootdir = /tmp/spark-jobserver/upload
+      rootdir = ${HOME}/.spark-jobserver/upload
     }
 
     cassandra {
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ spark {
       jdbc-driver = org.h2.Driver
 
       # Directory where default H2 driver stores its data. Only needed for H2.
-      rootdir = /tmp/spark-jobserver/sqldao/data
+      rootdir = ${HOME}/.spark-jobserver/sqldao/data
 
       # Full JDBC URL / init string, along with username and password.  Sorry, needs to match above.
       # Substitutions may be used to launch job-server, but leave it out here in the default or tests won't pass
       jdbc {
-        url = "jdbc:h2:file:/tmp/spark-jobserver/sqldao/data/h2-db"
+        url = "jdbc:h2:file:"${HOME}"/.spark-jobserver/sqldao/data/h2-db"
         user = ""
         password = ""
       }