diff --git a/ceph/templates/daemonset.yaml b/ceph/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 9e0e554cfd..6c350cbe05 100644
--- a/ceph/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/ceph/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ spec:
           hostPath:
             path: /dev
         - name: ceph
-          emptyDir: {}
-#          hostPath:
-#            path: /opt/ceph
+          hostPath:
+            path: {{ .Values.storage.var_directory }}
         - name: ceph-conf
           secret:
             secretName: ceph-conf-combined
@@ -36,9 +35,8 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: ceph-bootstrap-rgw-keyring
         - name: osd-directory
-          emptyDir: {}
-#          hostPath:
-#            path: /home/core/data/ceph/osd
+          hostPath:
+            path: {{ .Values.storage.osd_directory }}
       containers:
         - name: osd-pod
           image: {{ .Values.images.daemon }}
diff --git a/ceph/values.yaml b/ceph/values.yaml
index c90d197c8d..550536cdb3 100644
--- a/ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph/values.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ network:
     mon: 6789
     rgw_ingress: 80
     rgw_target: 8088
+
+storage:
+  osd_directory: /var/lib/aic-helm/ceph/osd
+  var_directory: /var/lib/aic-helm/ceph/ceph
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