diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8b62521..58087ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN if [ -n "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" ]; then \
 FROM busybox:1.35.0
 
 ENV PATH=/bin \
-    VIETER_REPO_DIR=/data/repo \
+    VIETER_REPOS_DIR=/data/repos \
     VIETER_PKG_DIR=/data/pkgs \
     VIETER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/data/downloads \
     VIETER_REPOS_FILE=/data/repos.json
diff --git a/src/repo/repo.v b/src/repo/repo.v
index 334c894..228b17e 100644
--- a/src/repo/repo.v
+++ b/src/repo/repo.v
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mut:
 	mutex shared util.Dummy
 pub:
 	// Where to store repositories' files
-	data_dir string [required]
+	repos_dir string [required]
 	// Where packages are stored; each architecture gets its own subdirectory
 	pkg_dir string [required]
 	// The default architecture to use for a repository. In reality, this value
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ pub:
 }
 
 // new creates a new RepoGroupManager & creates the directories as needed
-pub fn new(data_dir string, pkg_dir string, default_arch string) ?RepoGroupManager {
-	if !os.is_dir(data_dir) {
-		os.mkdir_all(data_dir) or { return error('Failed to create repo directory: $err.msg') }
+pub fn new(repos_dir string, pkg_dir string, default_arch string) ?RepoGroupManager {
+	if !os.is_dir(repos_dir) {
+		os.mkdir_all(repos_dir) or { return error('Failed to create repos directory: $err.msg') }
 	}
 
 	if !os.is_dir(pkg_dir) {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn new(data_dir string, pkg_dir string, default_arch string) ?RepoGroupManag
 	}
 
 	return RepoGroupManager{
-		data_dir: data_dir
+		repos_dir: repos_dir
 		pkg_dir: pkg_dir
 		default_arch: default_arch
 	}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fn (r &RepoGroupManager) add_pkg_in_repo(repo string, pkg &package.Pkg) ?bool {
 		return r.add_pkg_in_arch_repo(repo, pkg.info.arch, pkg)
 	}
 
-	repo_dir := os.join_path_single(r.data_dir, repo)
+	repo_dir := os.join_path_single(r.repos_dir, repo)
 
 	mut arch_repos := []string{}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fn (r &RepoGroupManager) add_pkg_in_repo(repo string, pkg &package.Pkg) ?bool {
 // changes. The function returns false if the package was already present in
 // the repo, and true otherwise.
 fn (r &RepoGroupManager) add_pkg_in_arch_repo(repo string, arch string, pkg &package.Pkg) ?bool {
-	pkg_dir := os.join_path(r.data_dir, repo, arch, '$pkg.info.name-$pkg.info.version')
+	pkg_dir := os.join_path(r.repos_dir, repo, arch, '$pkg.info.name-$pkg.info.version')
 
 	// We can't add the same package twice
 	if os.exists(pkg_dir) {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn (r &RepoGroupManager) add_pkg_in_arch_repo(repo string, arch string, pkg &pac
 // returns false if the package wasn't present in the database. It also
 // optionally re-syncs the repo archives.
 fn (r &RepoGroupManager) remove_pkg_from_arch_repo(repo string, arch string, pkg &package.Pkg, sync bool) ?bool {
-	repo_dir := os.join_path(r.data_dir, repo, arch)
+	repo_dir := os.join_path(r.repos_dir, repo, arch)
 
 	// If the repository doesn't exist yet, the result is automatically false
 	if !os.exists(repo_dir) {
diff --git a/src/repo/sync.v b/src/repo/sync.v
index afb8a4b..e2b7aac 100644
--- a/src/repo/sync.v
+++ b/src/repo/sync.v
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn archive_add_entry(archive &C.archive, entry &C.archive_entry, file_path &stri
 
 // Re-generate the repo archive files
 fn (r &RepoGroupManager) sync(repo string, arch string) ? {
-	subrepo_path := os.join_path(r.data_dir, repo, arch)
+	subrepo_path := os.join_path(r.repos_dir, repo, arch)
 
 	lock r.mutex {
 		a_db := C.archive_write_new()
diff --git a/src/server/cli.v b/src/server/cli.v
index b3f37e3..ae9e89c 100644
--- a/src/server/cli.v
+++ b/src/server/cli.v
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub:
 	pkg_dir      string
 	download_dir string
 	api_key      string
-	data_dir     string
+	repos_dir     string
 	repos_file   string
 	default_arch string
 }
diff --git a/src/server/routes.v b/src/server/routes.v
index 8c8cdff..a926425 100644
--- a/src/server/routes.v
+++ b/src/server/routes.v
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fn (mut app App) get_repo_file(repo string, arch string, filename string) web.Re
 	db_exts := ['.db', '.files', '.db.tar.gz', '.files.tar.gz']
 
 	if db_exts.any(filename.ends_with(it)) {
-		full_path = os.join_path(app.repo.data_dir, repo, arch, filename)
+		full_path = os.join_path(app.repo.repos_dir, repo, arch, filename)
 
 		// repo-add does this using symlinks, but we just change the requested
 		// path
diff --git a/src/server/server.v b/src/server/server.v
index f93a5ae..5bf9a87 100644
--- a/src/server/server.v
+++ b/src/server/server.v
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn server(conf Config) ? {
 	}
 
 	// This also creates the directories if needed
-	repo := repo.new(conf.data_dir, conf.pkg_dir, conf.default_arch) or {
+	repo := repo.new(conf.repos_dir, conf.pkg_dir, conf.default_arch) or {
 		logger.error(err.msg)
 		exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/vieter.toml b/vieter.toml
index 10b3855..8e0447b 100644
--- a/vieter.toml
+++ b/vieter.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file contains settings used during development
 api_key = "test"
 download_dir = "data/downloads"
-data_dir = "data"
+repos_dir = "data/repos"
 pkg_dir = "data/pkgs"
 log_level = "DEBUG"
 repos_file = "data/repos.json"