diff --git a/install/preinstall.sh b/install/preinstall.sh
index 1df481c3c..4f2e141cc 100755
--- a/install/preinstall.sh
+++ b/install/preinstall.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 USERNAME=featurebase
 GROUPNAME=featurebase
-HOMEDIR=/var/lib/molecula
+HOMEDIR=/var/lib/featurebase
 
 getent group $GROUPNAME >/dev/null || groupadd -r $GROUPNAME
 getent passwd $USERNAME >/dev/null || \