diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 956a2dda..95569f67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ To begin development, do the following:
 
 3. Install the `vagrant-bindfs` plugin: `vagrant plugin install vagrant-bindfs`
 
-4. Create the directory `pony.fm.files` in the repository's parent directory
+4. Run `vagrant up` from the folder in which you cloned the repository
 
-5. Run `vagrant up` from the folder in which you cloned the repository
+5. Run `vagrant ssh`, `cd /vagrant`, and `php artisan poni:setup`.
 
-6. Run `vagrant ssh`, `cd /vagrant`, and `php artisan poni:setup`.
-
-7. Follow the instructions in the "Asset pipeline" section below to set that up.
+6. Follow the instructions in the "Asset pipeline" section below to set that up.
 
 Once everything is up and running, you'll be able to access the site at [http://ponyfm-dev.poni/](http://ponyfm-dev.poni/). You can access the MySQL database by logging into **ponyfm-dev.poni:3306** with the username **homestead** and the password **secret**. Pony.fm's database is named **homestead**.
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index d928e0e7..1350ff8c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
 
   config.vm.box = 'laravel/homestead-7'
   config.vm.box_version = '0.2.1'
+
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
     v.cpus = 4
     v.memory = 1024
@@ -17,11 +18,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   end
 
   config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
+  config.bindfs.bind_folder "/vagrant", "/vagrant"
 
   config.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/install.sh"
-
-  config.vm.synced_folder "../pony.fm.files", "/vagrant-files", type: "nfs"
-  config.bindfs.bind_folder "/vagrant", "/vagrant"
-  
   config.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/copy-and-restart-configs.sh", run: "always"
 end
diff --git a/resources/environments/.env.local b/resources/environments/.env.local
index 5503e87a..042397be 100644
--- a/resources/environments/.env.local
+++ b/resources/environments/.env.local
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
 PONI_CLIENT_ID=null
 PONI_CLIENT_SECRET=null
 
-PONYFM_DATASTORE=/vagrant-files
+PONYFM_DATASTORE=/vagrant/storage/app/datastore
 
 GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID=null
diff --git a/vagrant/copy-and-restart-configs.sh b/vagrant/copy-and-restart-configs.sh
index 49a94161..d4f2ab93 100755
--- a/vagrant/copy-and-restart-configs.sh
+++ b/vagrant/copy-and-restart-configs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+mkdir -p /vagrant/storage/app/datastore
+
 sudo cp /vagrant/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.config /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 sudo cp /vagrant/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.site.config /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/pony.fm
 
@@ -10,5 +12,3 @@ sudo cp /vagrant/vagrant/pony.fm.redis.config /etc/redis/redis.conf
 sudo service elasticsearch restart
 sudo service nginx restart
 sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
-
-# todo: figure out how to restart redis
diff --git a/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.site.config b/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.site.config
index abd4cc7b..a888ae9a 100644
--- a/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.site.config
+++ b/vagrant/pony.fm.nginx.site.config
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ server {
 
   expires off;
 
-  location /vagrant-files {
+  location /vagrant/storage/app/datastore {
     internal;
-    alias /vagrant-files/;
+    alias /vagrant/storage/app/datastore/;
   }
 
   location ~* \.php$ {