diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 555e139d7..3555d8cc8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var (
 	alertmanagerURL           = flag.String("alertmanager.url", "", "The URL of the alert manager to send notifications to.")
 	notificationQueueCapacity = flag.Int("alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity", 100, "The capacity of the queue for pending alert manager notifications.")
 
-	persistenceStoragePath = flag.String("storage.local.path", "/tmp/metrics", "Base path for metrics storage.")
+	persistenceStoragePath = flag.String("storage.local.path", "data", "Base path for metrics storage.")
 
 	opentsdbURL          = flag.String("storage.remote.opentsdb-url", "", "The URL of the remote OpenTSDB server to send samples to. None, if empty.")
 	influxdbURL          = flag.String("storage.remote.influxdb-url", "", "The URL of the remote InfluxDB server to send samples to. None, if empty.")