diff --git a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
index bc541e1..81be995 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/a72da670-f631-49b1-bcb3-6d378cc1f2d0";
     fsType = "ext4";
   };
-  fileSystems."/var/mail" = {
+  fileSystems."/var/vmail" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/23c44c93-5035-4e29-9e46-75c1c08f4cea";
     fsType = "ext4";
   };
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/mail.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/mail.nix
index a954a5d..9eb7ce1 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/mail.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/mail.nix
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ flake-inputs:
 
     # Fun dovecot stuff :
 
-    mailDirectory = "/var/mail/vmail/"; # directory to store mail
+    mailDirectory = "/var/vmail/vmail/"; # directory to store mail it was /var/mail/vmail but
+                                         # /var/mail ist special
      
     hierarchySeparator = "/"; # seperator for imap mailboxes from client view
 
     # Caching of search indices
-    indexDir = "/var/mail/lib/dovecot/indices";
+    indexDir = "/var/vmail/lib/dovecot/indices";
     fullTextSearch = {
       enforced = "body"; # only brute force headers if no search index is available
     };