diff --git a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/defaults/main.yml
index 5dd780d73..f1b925bc2 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: "{{ '/tmp/cache' if matrix_nginx_proxy_enabled else matrix_nginx_proxy_data_path+'/cache' }}"
+matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_path: "{{ '/tmp/cache' if matrix_nginx_proxy_enabled else matrix_nginx_proxy_data_path+'/synapse-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/systemd/matrix-nginx-proxy.service.j2 b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/systemd/matrix-nginx-proxy.service.j2
index 451d73587..74356ea93 100755
--- a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/systemd/matrix-nginx-proxy.service.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/systemd/matrix-nginx-proxy.service.j2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ExecStart={{ matrix_host_command_docker }} run --rm --name matrix-nginx-proxy \
 			--read-only \
 			--tmpfs=/tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_tmp_directory_size_mb }}m \
 			{% if matrix_nginx_proxy_synapse_cache_enabled %}
-			--tmpfs=/tmp/cache:rw,noexec,nosuid,size={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_tmp_cache_directory_size_mb }}m\
+			--tmpfs=/tmp/synapse-cache:rw,noexec,nosuid,size={{ matrix_nginx_proxy_tmp_cache_directory_size_mb }}m\
 			{% endif %}
 			--network={{ matrix_docker_network }} \
 			{% if matrix_nginx_proxy_container_http_host_bind_port %}