diff --git a/bin/update/README.md b/bin/update/README.md
index 1241c44..d76f890 100644
--- a/bin/update/README.md
+++ b/bin/update/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ How over-the-air updates work on Umbrel.
 
 6. When the user opens his [`umbrel-dashboard`](https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel-dashboard), it periodically polls [`umbrel-manager`](https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel-manager) to check for new updates.
 
-7. `umbrel-manager` fetches the latest `info.json` from umbrel's main repo's master branch using `GET https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getumbrel/umbrel/master/info.json`, compares it's `version` with the `version` of the local `$HOME/info.json` file, and exits if both the versions are same.
+7. `umbrel-manager` fetches the latest `info.json` from umbrel's main repo's master branch using `GET https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getumbrel/umbrel/master/info.json`, compares it's `version` with the `version` of the local `$UMBREL_ROOT/info.json` file, and exits if both the versions are same.
 
 8. If fetched `version` > local `version`, `umbrel-manager` checks if local `version` >= `requires` in the fetched `info.json`.
 
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ How over-the-air updates work on Umbrel.
 
 11. `umbrel-dashboard` then alerts the user regarding the new update, and after the user consents, it makes a `POST` request to `umbrel-manager` to start the update process.
 
-14. `umbrel-manager` creates a signal file on the mounted host OS volume (`$HOME/statuses/start-updated`) with the version `X.Y.Z`, and returns `200 OK` to the `umbrel-dashboard`.
+14. `umbrel-manager` creates a signal file on the mounted host OS volume (`$UMBREL_ROOT/signals/update`) with the version `X.Y.Z`, and returns `200 OK` to the `umbrel-dashboard`.
 
-15. [`fswatch`](https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch), a file monitoring tool that's continuosly monitoring the `$HOME/statuses/start-update` file notices the change, and immeditaly runs [`$HOME/bin/update/start.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/start.sh) as root.
+15. [`fswatch`](https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch), a file monitoring tool that's continuosly monitoring the `$UMBREL_ROOT/signals/update` file notices the change, and immeditaly runs [`$UMBREL_ROOT/bin/update/start.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/start.sh) as root.
 
-16. `$HOME/bin/update/start.sh` clones release `vX.Y.Z` from github in `/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z`.
+16. `$UMBREL_ROOT/bin/update/start.sh` clones release `vX.Y.Z` from github in `/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z`.
 
-17. `$HOME/bin/update/start.sh` then executes all of the following update scripts from the new release `/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z` one-by-one:
+17. `$UMBREL_ROOT/bin/update/start.sh` then executes all of the following update scripts from the new release `/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z` one-by-one:
 
 - [`/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z/bin/update/00-run.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/00-run.sh): Pre-update preparation script (does things like make a backup)
 - [`/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z/bin/update/01-run.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/01-run.sh): Install update script (installs the update)
 - [`/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z/bin/update/02-run.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/02-run.sh): Post-update script (used to run unit-tests to make sure the update was successfully installed)
 - [`/tmp/umbrel-vX.Y.Z/bin/update/03-run.sh`](https://github.com/mayankchhabra/umbrel/blob/ota-updates/bin/update/03-run.sh): Success script (runs after the updated has been successfully downloaded and installeed)
 
-All of the above scripts continuosly update `$HOME/bin/update/status.json` with the progress of upgrade, which the dashboard periodically fetches every 2s via `umbrel-manager` to notify the user on the progress of update.
+All of the above scripts continuosly update `$UMBREL_ROOT/bin/update/status.json` with the progress of upgrade, which the dashboard periodically fetches every 2s via `umbrel-manager` to notify the user on the progress of update.
diff --git a/bin/update/start.sh b/bin/update/start.sh
index 8d2f128..9584626 100755
--- a/bin/update/start.sh
+++ b/bin/update/start.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 # UMBREL_PATH=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
 UMBREL_PATH=/home/umbrel
-RELEASE="v$(cat $UMBREL_PATH/statuses/start-update)"
+RELEASE="v$(cat $UMBREL_PATH/signals/update)"
 UMBREL_USER=umbrel
 
 echo "==== OTA UPDATE ===== | STAGE: DOWNLOAD"
 
-if [ -z $(grep '[^[:space:]]' $UMBREL_PATH/statuses/start-update) ] ;then
+if [ -z $(grep '[^[:space:]]' $UMBREL_PATH/signals/update) ] ;then
     echo "Empty start update signal file. Version not found"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ echo "Deleting cloned repository"
 [ -d /tmp/umbrel-$RELEASE ] && rm -rf /tmp/umbrel-$RELEASE
 
 echo "Deleting update signal file"
-rm -f $UMBREL_PATH/statuses/start-update
+rm -f $UMBREL_PATH/signals/update
 
 echo "Removing lock"
 rm -f $UMBREL_PATH/statuses/update-in-progress