diff --git a/e2e/variables b/e2e/variables
index ea64f7d3673..df5042a57d1 100644
--- a/e2e/variables
+++ b/e2e/variables
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DEFAULT_RUNDIR=e2e/tmp
 RUNDIR=${RUNDIR:-$DEFAULT_RUNDIR}
-HOME_PATH=$PWD/$DEFAULT_RUNDIR
+HOME_PATH=$PWD/$RUNDIR
 PIDFILE=$RUNDIR/pid
 DEFAULT_PACKAGE_FILE=dist/grafana-*linux-amd64.tar.gz
 PROV_DIR=$RUNDIR/conf/provisioning