diff --git a/scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh b/scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
index 6cb2a0a..926faf2 100755
--- a/scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 #   AZEROTH_BIN=/path/to/azeroth-server/bin bash scripts/start-azeroth-servers.sh
 #
 # Environment:
-#   AZEROTH_BIN      — directory with authserver and worldserver (default: /root/azeroth-server/bin)
+#   AZEROTH_BIN      — directory with authserver and worldserver (default: /home/fractured-panel/azeroth-server/bin)
 #   AZEROTH_LOG_DIR  — log directory (default: <parent of bin>/logs)
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-BIN_DIR="${AZEROTH_BIN:-/root/azeroth-server/bin}"
-LOG_DIR="${AZEROTH_LOG_DIR:-$(cd "$(dirname "$BIN_DIR")" && pwd)/logs}"
+BIN_DIR="${AZEROTH_BIN:-/home/fractured-panel/azeroth-server/bin}"
+BASE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$BIN_DIR")" && pwd)"
+LOG_DIR="${AZEROTH_LOG_DIR:-${BASE_DIR}/logs}"
+CONF_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/etc"
 
 AUTH_BIN="${BIN_DIR}/authserver"
 WORLD_BIN="${BIN_DIR}/worldserver"
@@ -35,15 +37,16 @@ mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
 
 cd "$BIN_DIR"
 
-nohup "$AUTH_BIN" >>"$LOG_DIR/authserver.log" 2>&1 &
+nohup "$AUTH_BIN" -c "${CONF_DIR}/authserver.conf" >>"$LOG_DIR/authserver.log" 2>&1 &
 disown || true
 
 sleep 2
 
-nohup "$WORLD_BIN" >>"$LOG_DIR/worldserver.log" 2>&1 &
+nohup "$WORLD_BIN" -c "${CONF_DIR}/worldserver.conf" >>"$LOG_DIR/worldserver.log" 2>&1 &
 disown || true
 
 echo "Started authserver and worldserver (survives SSH disconnect)."
 echo "Bin:    $BIN_DIR"
+echo "Config: $CONF_DIR"
 echo "Logs:   $LOG_DIR/authserver.log"
 echo "        $LOG_DIR/worldserver.log"
diff --git a/scripts/vps-update-server.sh b/scripts/vps-update-server.sh
index c9dc1cb..078c9c5 100755
--- a/scripts/vps-update-server.sh
+++ b/scripts/vps-update-server.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ FULL_BUILD=0
 COMPILE_ONLY=0
 DRY_RUN=0
 DO_RUN_AFTER=0
+INSTALL_PREFIX=""
 POST_UPDATE_CMD="${FRACTURED_POST_UPDATE_CMD:-}"
 GIT_REMOTE="${FRACTURED_GIT_REMOTE:-origin}"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Options:
   --no-pull       Skip git pull (only compile current tree).
   --full          ./acore.sh compiler all (clean + configure + compile).
   --compile-only  ./acore.sh compiler compile (incremental).
+  --prefix PATH   Override CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX (updates conf/config.sh BINPATH).
   --dry-run       Print commands without running them.
   --run-after [CMD]  Run shell command after successful compile. If CMD is omitted,
                   uses FRACTURED_POST_UPDATE_CMD from the environment.
@@ -87,6 +89,15 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       COMPILE_ONLY=1
       shift
       ;;
+    --prefix)
+      shift
+      if [[ $# -eq 0 || "$1" == -* ]]; then
+        echo "error: --prefix requires a path argument" >&2
+        exit 2
+      fi
+      INSTALL_PREFIX="$1"
+      shift
+      ;;
     --dry-run)
       DRY_RUN=1
       shift
@@ -129,6 +140,16 @@ fi
 
 cd "$ROOT"
 
+if [[ -n "$INSTALL_PREFIX" ]]; then
+  echo "==> updating conf/config.sh BINPATH to: $INSTALL_PREFIX"
+  if grep -q '^BINPATH=' conf/config.sh; then
+    run sed -i "s|^BINPATH=.*|BINPATH=\"$INSTALL_PREFIX\"|" conf/config.sh
+  else
+    echo "BINPATH=\"$INSTALL_PREFIX\"" >> conf/config.sh
+  fi
+  export BINPATH="$INSTALL_PREFIX"
+fi
+
 if [[ "$DO_RUN_AFTER" -eq 1 && -z "${POST_UPDATE_CMD// }" ]]; then
   echo "error: --run-after needs a command or FRACTURED_POST_UPDATE_CMD set in the environment." >&2
   exit 2