diff --git a/install/mylar3-install.sh b/install/mylar3-install.sh
index 5f65d125..37c8ce78 100644
--- a/install/mylar3-install.sh
+++ b/install/mylar3-install.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ msg_info "Installing Mylar3"
 RELEASE=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/mylar3/mylar3/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 2, length($2)-3) }')
 msg_info "Installing Mylar3 ${RELEASE} (Patience)"
 mkdir -p /opt/mylar3
+mkdir -p /var/lib/mylar3/
+chmod 775 /var/lib/mylar3/
 tar zxvf <(curl -fsSL https://github.com/mylar3/mylar3/archive/refs/tags/${RELEASE}.tar.gz) -C /opt/mylar3 --strip-components=1 &>/dev/null
 cd /opt/mylar3
 $STD python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ Description=mylar3
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/mylar3
-ExecStart=python3 Mylar.py -p 8585
+ExecStart=python3 Mylar.py -p 8585 --datadir /var/lib/mylar3/
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF