diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1cc920e38..aa4410f34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ node_modules/
 .env
 .aptos
 profile.json
+./docker/compose/grafana-alloy/.env
diff --git a/docs/movement-node/run/manual/README.md b/docs/movement-node/run/manual/README.md
index 1a04eb44d..0307ccb68 100644
--- a/docs/movement-node/run/manual/README.md
+++ b/docs/movement-node/run/manual/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ cat ${MOVEMENT_ENV_FILE}
 4. Pull the container images. For this you need to make sure the movement config dir
 exists.
 ```bash
-DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH="/home/${USER}/.movement"
+DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH="~/.movement"
+export DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH
+echo "DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH=${DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH}" >> "${MOVEMENT_ENV_FILE}"
+
 mkdir -p "${DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH}"
 docker compose \
         -f docker/compose/suzuka-full-node/docker-compose.yml \