diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index 0f17fb82..96a267bc 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ grpc_allow_insecure: false
 # Private key used to encrypt the traffic between headscale
 # and Tailscale clients.
 # The private key file will be autogenerated if it's missing.
-private_key_path: /var/lib/headscale/private.key
+#
+# For production:
+# /var/lib/headscale/private.key
+private_key_path: ./private.key
 
 # The Noise section includes specific configuration for the
 # TS2021 Noise protocol
@@ -47,7 +50,10 @@ noise:
   # traffic between headscale and Tailscale clients when
   # using the new Noise-based protocol. It must be different
   # from the legacy private key.
-  private_key_path: /var/lib/headscale/noise_private.key
+  #
+  # For production:
+  # private_key_path: /var/lib/headscale/noise_private.key
+  private_key_path: ./noise_private.key
 
 # List of IP prefixes to allocate tailaddresses from.
 # Each prefix consists of either an IPv4 or IPv6 address,
@@ -119,7 +125,10 @@ node_update_check_interval: 10s
 
 # SQLite config
 db_type: sqlite3
-db_path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
+
+# For production:
+# db_path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
+db_path: ./db.sqlite
 
 # # Postgres config
 # If using a Unix socket to connect to Postgres, set the socket path in the 'host' field and leave 'port' blank.
@@ -156,7 +165,9 @@ tls_client_auth_mode: relaxed
 
 # Path to store certificates and metadata needed by
 # letsencrypt
-tls_letsencrypt_cache_dir: /var/lib/headscale/cache
+# For production:
+# tls_letsencrypt_cache_dir: /var/lib/headscale/cache
+tls_letsencrypt_cache_dir: ./cache
 
 # Type of ACME challenge to use, currently supported types:
 # HTTP-01 or TLS-ALPN-01
@@ -222,9 +233,9 @@ dns_config:
   base_domain: example.com
 
 # Unix socket used for the CLI to connect without authentication
-# Note: for local development, you probably want to change this to:
-# unix_socket: ./headscale.sock
-unix_socket: /var/run/headscale.sock
+# Note: for production you will want to set this to something like:
+# unix_socket: /var/run/headscale.sock
+unix_socket: ./headscale.sock
 unix_socket_permission: "0770"
 #
 # headscale supports experimental OpenID connect support,