diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8d9558..099f3e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Unreleased
 ### Updated
 
 - Updated model conversion method (for Faster Whisper) to use Hugging Face downloader
-- Updated default model paths to `~/.cache/whisper`.
+- Updated default model paths to `~/.cache/whisper` or `/root/.cache/whisper`.
     - For customization, modify the `ASR_MODEL_PATH` environment variable.
     - Ensure Docker volume is set for the corresponding directory to use caching.
       ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.gpu.yml b/docker-compose.gpu.yml
index 5003b08..82eb1c5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.gpu.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.gpu.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
       - ./app:/app/app
       - cache-pip:/root/.cache/pip
       - cache-poetry:/root/.cache/poetry
-      - cache-whisper:~/.cache/whisper
+      - cache-whisper:/root/.cache/whisper
 
 volumes:
   cache-pip:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c363e68..fdf1add 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
       - ./app:/app/app
       - cache-pip:/root/.cache/pip
       - cache-poetry:/root/.cache/poetry
-      - cache-whisper:~/.cache/whisper
+      - cache-whisper:/root/.cache/whisper
 
 volumes:
   cache-pip:
diff --git a/docs/run.md b/docs/run.md
index 1e63fed..a0111b2 100644
--- a/docs/run.md
+++ b/docs/run.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Docker Hub: <https://hub.docker.com/r/onerahmet/openai-whisper-asr-webservice>
 
 ## Cache
 The ASR model is downloaded each time you start the container, using the large model this can take some time. 
-If you want to decrease the time it takes to start your container by skipping the download, you can store the cache directory (`~/.cache/whisper`) to a persistent storage. 
+If you want to decrease the time it takes to start your container by skipping the download, you can store the cache directory (`~/.cache/whisper` or `/root/.cache/whisper`) to a persistent storage. 
 Next time you start your container the ASR Model will be taken from the cache instead of being downloaded again.
 
 **Important this will prevent you from receiving any updates to the models.**
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Next time you start your container the ASR Model will be taken from the cache in
 === ":octicons-file-code-16: `Default cache dir`"
 
     ```sh
-    docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -v ./yourlocaldir:~/.cache/whisper onerahmet/openai-whisper-asr-webservice:latest
+    docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -v ./yourlocaldir:/root/.cache/whisper onerahmet/openai-whisper-asr-webservice:latest
     ```
 
 === ":octicons-file-code-16: `With ASR_MODEL_PATH`"