diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/runner.sh b/hosting/couchdb/runner.sh
index 19c612a17e..e56b8e0e7f 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/runner.sh
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/runner.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ elif [[ "${TARGETBUILD}" = "docker-compose" ]]; then
     # image.
     sed -i "s#^database_dir.*\$##g" /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini
     sed -i "s#^view_index_dir.*\$##g" /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini
+    sed -i "s#^dir=.*\$#dir=/opt/couchdb/data#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
 elif [[ -n $KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST ]]; then
     # In Kubernetes the directory /opt/couchdb/data has a persistent volume
     # mount for storing database data.
-    sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/opt/couchdb/data#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
+    sed -i "s#^dir=.*\$#dir=/opt/couchdb/data#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
 
     # We remove the database_dir and view_index_dir settings from the local.ini
     # in Kubernetes because it will default to /opt/couchdb/data which is what