diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/hedgedoc.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/hedgedoc.nix
index a623e45691df..90ca3002c592 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/hedgedoc.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/hedgedoc.nix
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ in
       };
       defaultNotePath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = "./public/default.md";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/default.md";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/default.md\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the default Note file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -299,7 +300,8 @@ in
       };
       docsPath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = "./public/docs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/docs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/docs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the docs directory.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -307,7 +309,8 @@ in
       };
       indexPath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = "./public/views/index.ejs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/views/index.ejs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/views/index.ejs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the index template file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -315,7 +318,8 @@ in
       };
       hackmdPath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = "./public/views/hackmd.ejs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/views/hackmd.ejs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/views/hackmd.ejs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the hackmd template file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -323,8 +327,8 @@ in
       };
       errorPath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = null;
-        defaultText = literalExpression "./public/views/error.ejs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/views/error.ejs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/views/error.ejs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the error template file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -332,8 +336,8 @@ in
       };
       prettyPath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = null;
-        defaultText = literalExpression "./public/views/pretty.ejs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/views/pretty.ejs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/views/pretty.ejs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the pretty template file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -341,8 +345,8 @@ in
       };
       slidePath = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
-        default = null;
-        defaultText = literalExpression "./public/views/slide.hbs";
+        default = "${cfg.package}/public/views/slide.hbs";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.package}/public/views/slide.hbs\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path to the slide template file.
           (Non-canonical paths are relative to HedgeDoc's base directory)
@@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ in
       uploadsPath = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         default = "${cfg.workDir}/uploads";
-        defaultText = literalExpression "/var/lib/${name}/uploads";
+        defaultText = literalExpression "\"\${cfg.workDir}/uploads\"";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Path under which uploaded files are saved.
         '';