diff --git a/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/README.md b/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/README.md
index 59e6a93a9a2..b3358381665 100644
--- a/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/README.md
+++ b/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ USER_DATA_DIR=/.bottlerocket/bootstrap-containers/current
 # This is the in-container view of where the host's `/var` can be accessed.
 HOST_VAR_DIR=/.bottlerocket/rootfs/var
 # The directory that'll be created by this bootstrap container
-MY_HOST_DIR=$VAR_DIR/lib/my_directory
+MY_HOST_DIR=$HOST_VAR_DIR/lib/my_directory
 # Create it!
 mkdir -p "$MY_HOST_DIR"
 # Write the user-data to stdout (to the journal) and to our new path:
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ journalctl -u bootstrap-containers@bear.service
 
 ## Colophon
 
-This text was generated using [cargo-readme](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-readme), and includes the rustdoc from `src/main.rs`.
\ No newline at end of file
+This text was generated using [cargo-readme](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-readme), and includes the rustdoc from `src/main.rs`.
diff --git a/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/src/main.rs b/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/src/main.rs
index 75c7b848f42..71304f2a14c 100644
--- a/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/src/main.rs
+++ b/sources/api/bootstrap-containers/src/main.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ USER_DATA_DIR=/.bottlerocket/bootstrap-containers/current
 # This is the in-container view of where the host's `/var` can be accessed.
 HOST_VAR_DIR=/.bottlerocket/rootfs/var
 # The directory that'll be created by this bootstrap container
-MY_HOST_DIR=$VAR_DIR/lib/my_directory
+MY_HOST_DIR=$HOST_VAR_DIR/lib/my_directory
 # Create it!
 mkdir -p "$MY_HOST_DIR"
 # Write the user-data to stdout (to the journal) and to our new path: