diff --git a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic b/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
index 8da6f128..c3c76511 100644
--- a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
+++ b/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
 
-0 3 * * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/bin/borgmatic
+0 3 * * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic
diff --git a/sample/cron/borgmatic b/sample/cron/borgmatic
index 2f6f9121..609b46a2 100644
--- a/sample/cron/borgmatic
+++ b/sample/cron/borgmatic
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
 
-0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin/borgmatic
+0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic
diff --git a/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service b/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
index 443b1f0d..4b8a38d8 100644
--- a/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
+++ b/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Description=borgmatic backup
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/borgmatic
+ExecStart=/root/.local/bin/borgmatic