diff --git a/ansible/roles/transmission/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/transmission/defaults/main.yml
index 1c6d83c..6eb9391 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/transmission/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/transmission/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ---
-# Transmission download directories
+# Homebrew's transmission-cli service uses this config directory
+transmission_config_dir: /opt/homebrew/var/transmission
+
+# Download directories
 transmission_download_dir: /Users/erichblume/transmission
 transmission_incomplete_dir: /Users/erichblume/transmission/.incomplete
-transmission_config_dir: /Users/erichblume/.config/transmission-daemon
 
 # RPC settings (local only - no authentication needed)
 transmission_rpc_enabled: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
index f4e7da3..d2e3fda 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
     state: directory
     mode: '0755'
 
-- name: Ensure transmission config directory exists
+- name: Remove old config directory (was deployed to wrong location)
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ transmission_config_dir }}"
-    state: directory
-    mode: '0755'
+    path: ~/.config/transmission-daemon
+    state: absent
 
 - name: Stop transmission before config changes
   ansible.builtin.command: brew services stop transmission-cli