diff --git a/upgrade.sh.txt b/upgrade.sh.txt
index 77c103d60c274d7a368496ca075f35d256e79cde..bccfb2439aced418c08f535c87643cfefb44f191 100644
--- a/upgrade.sh.txt
+++ b/upgrade.sh.txt
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 AEGIR_VERSION=HEAD
 AEGIR_DOMAIN=aegir.example.com
 
-AEGIR_DIR=/var/aegir
-DRUPAL_DIR=$AEGIR_DIR/hostmaster-$AEGIR_VERSION
+AEGIR_HOME="$HOME"
+DRUPAL_DIR=$AEGIR_HOME/hostmaster-$AEGIR_VERSION
 DRUSH_VERSION=7.x-4.0
 DRUSH_MAKE_VERSION=6.x-2.0-beta10
-OLD_DRUPAL_DIR=$AEGIR_DIR/hostmaster-0.4-beta1
-DRUSH_DIR=$AEGIR_DIR/drush
+OLD_DRUPAL_DIR=$AEGIR_HOME/hostmaster-0.4-beta2
+DRUSH_DIR=$AEGIR_HOME/drush
 DRUSH="php $DRUSH_DIR/drush.php"
-BACKUP_DIR=$AEGIR_DIR/pre-upgrade-`date '+%F-%H%M'`
+BACKUP_DIR=$AEGIR_HOME/pre-upgrade-`date '+%F-%H%M'`
 
 ########################################################################
 # functions
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat <<EOF
  * that the following settings are correct
 
 The Aegir version to upgrade to is $AEGIR_VERSION
-The Aegir home dir is $AEGIR_DIR
+The Aegir home dir is $AEGIR_HOME
 The new hostmaster platform will be $DRUPAL_DIR
 The version of Drush is $DRUSH_VERSION
 The version of Drush Make is $DRUSH_MAKE_VERSION
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if [ -d $DRUSH_DIR ]; then
   mv $DRUSH_DIR $BACKUP_DIR
 fi
 
-cd $AEGIR_DIR
+cd $AEGIR_HOME
 wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-$DRUSH_VERSION.tar.gz 
 gunzip -c drush-$DRUSH_VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xf -
 rm drush-$DRUSH_VERSION.tar.gz