diff --git a/Media/arr_sync.sh b/Media/arr_sync.sh
index 441d488..2658707 100755
--- a/Media/arr_sync.sh
+++ b/Media/arr_sync.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # ==============================================================================================
 #
 # Remote API Access — Cache-First, SSH Fallback
-#   If conf_sync.sh has populated /tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs/ and
+#   If conf_sync.sh has populated /tmp/.cache/vv/d/ and
 #   load_config.sh has sourced it, HOST*_<ARR>_API_KEY vars are available
 #   in the environment. Remote functions use them to call the arr API
 #   directly over Tailscale (no SSH, no remote shell). If the cached key
diff --git a/System_Essentials/conf_cache_restore.sh b/System_Essentials/conf_cache_restore.sh
index f89e4fb..f973389 100755
--- a/System_Essentials/conf_cache_restore.sh
+++ b/System_Essentials/conf_cache_restore.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../load_config.sh"
 parse_args "$@"
 detect_hosts
 
-RAM_CACHE="/tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs"
-SAVE_DIR="/boot/config/varaverk/conf_bak"
+RAM_CACHE="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"
+SAVE_DIR="/boot/config/.cache/vv/d"
 
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — no changes will be made"
 
diff --git a/System_Essentials/conf_cache_save.sh b/System_Essentials/conf_cache_save.sh
index f5c9fdd..c0adcd4 100755
--- a/System_Essentials/conf_cache_save.sh
+++ b/System_Essentials/conf_cache_save.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # PURPOSE
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Snapshots the partner conf RAM cache to /boot/config/varaverk/conf_bak/ on
+# Snapshots the partner conf RAM cache to /boot/config/.cache/vv/d/ on
 # array stop. Survives reboot. Used by conf_cache_restore.sh at next array start
 # to reload partner vars into RAM when the partner is unreachable at boot time.
 #
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../load_config.sh"
 parse_args "$@"
 detect_hosts
 
-RAM_CACHE="/tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs"
-SAVE_DIR="/boot/config/varaverk/conf_bak"
+RAM_CACHE="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"
+SAVE_DIR="/boot/config/.cache/vv/d"
 
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — no files will be written"
 
diff --git a/System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh b/System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh
index c68ea6a..0debb59 100755
--- a/System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh
+++ b/System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # PURPOSE
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Maintains a RAM-resident conf cache at /tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs/.
+# Maintains a RAM-resident conf cache at /tmp/.cache/vv/d/.
 # Credentials and partner keys live in RAM only — never on disk across hosts.
 #
 # On array start (default / --array-start):
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if [[ "${CONF_SYNC_ENABLED:-true}" == false ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-CACHE_DIR="/tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs"
+CACHE_DIR="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"
 MY_CONF="$SCRIPTS_ROOT/Configurations/${MY_ID,,}.conf"
 SSH_TIMEOUT=10
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ for host_var in $(compgen -v | grep -E '^HOST[0-9]+$' | sort); do
     fi
 
     if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
-        warn "DRY RUN — would push ${MY_ID,,}.conf → $partner_host:/tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs/"
+        warn "DRY RUN — would push ${MY_ID,,}.conf → $partner_host:/tmp/.cache/vv/d/"
         continue
     fi
 
diff --git a/load_config.sh b/load_config.sh
index 36f78be..a0e0446 100755
--- a/load_config.sh
+++ b/load_config.sh
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@
     fi
 
 # ━━━ Source partner confs from /tmp cache ━━━
-# conf_sync.sh pulls partner host*.conf files into /tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs/
+# conf_sync.sh pulls partner host*.conf files into /tmp/.cache/vv/d/
 # on array start and after any conf save. Sourcing them here makes partner vars
 # (HOST2_*, HOST3_*, …) available without committing credentials to the git repo
 # or violating sparse checkout — partner confs live in RAM only, cleared on reboot.
 # Confs already loaded from disk are skipped — disk copy is authoritative.
-    _VV_CONF_CACHE="/tmp/.vv/config/cached/.confs"
+    _VV_CONF_CACHE="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"
     if [[ -d "$_VV_CONF_CACHE" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r _conf; do
             [[ -f "$_conf" ]] || continue