diff --git a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml
index f7847835f..dbf3cfe0d 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_frontend_proxy_locations: []
 
 # synapse content caching
 matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_enabled: false
-matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_path: "{{ matrix_nginx_proxy_base_path+'/cache' if matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_enabled else '/tmp/cache' }}"
+matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_path: "{{ matrix_nginx_proxy_data_path+'/cache' if matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_enabled else '/tmp/cache' }}"
 matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_name: "STATIC"
 matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_size: "10m"
 matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_inactive_time: "48h"
diff --git a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2 b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
index 95f365692..49632ace2 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 {% set frontend_proxy_workers = matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_workers_list|selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'frontend_proxy')|list %}
 {% if matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_workers_enabled %}
 	{% if matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_enabled %}
-    	proxy_cache_path  {{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_path }} \
-		levels=1:2 \
-		keys_zone={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_name }}:{{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_size }} \
-		inactive={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_inactive_time }} \
-		max_size={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_max_size }}m;
+    	proxy_cache_path  {{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_path }} levels=1:2 keys_zone={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_name }}:{{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_keys_zone_size }} inactive={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_inactive_time }} max_size={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_max_size }}m;
 	{% endif %}
 	# Round Robin "upstream" pools for workers