diff --git a/docker-compose-example/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose-example/docker-compose.yml
index 1524fa7..c765915 100644
--- a/docker-compose-example/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-example/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       TS_AUTHKEY: ${TS_AUTHKEY:?err} # from https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/authkeys
       TS_HOSTNAME: ${TS_HOSTNAME:-ts-docker}
-      TS_STATE: "/var/lib/tailscale/tailscale.state" # store ts state in a local volume
+      TS_STATEDIR: "/var/lib/tailscale/" # store ts state in a local volume
       TS_SERVE_PORT: ${TS_SERVE_PORT:-} # optional port to proxy with tailscale serve (ex: '80')
       TS_FUNNEL_PORT: ${TS_FUNNEL_PORT:-} # optional port to publish publicly with tailscale funnel (ex: '80')
     volumes:
diff --git a/image/start.sh b/image/start.sh
index e2642ca..ae11593 100644
--- a/image/start.sh
+++ b/image/start.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 trap 'kill -TERM $PID' TERM INT
 echo "Starting Tailscale daemon"
-tailscaled --tun=userspace-networking --state=${TS_STATE} ${TS_OPT} &
+tailscaled --tun=userspace-networking --statedir="${TS_STATEDIR}" ${TS_OPT} &
 PID=$!
 until tailscale up --authkey="${TS_AUTHKEY}" --hostname="${TS_HOSTNAME}"; do
   sleep 0.1