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 ### Environment variables
 
-| Variable        | Explanation                        | Default value                                            | Required |
-|-----------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------|
-| `CELESTIA_HOME` | Home directory for the application | User home dir. [Ref](https://pkg.go.dev/os#UserHomeDir). | Optional |
+| Variable        | Explanation                                                       | Default value                                            | Required |
+|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------|
+| `CELESTIA_HOME` | Where the application directory (`.celestia-app`) should be saved | [User home directory](https://pkg.go.dev/os#UserHomeDir) | Optional |
 
 ### Create your own single node devnet