diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb7c2b5..53e7304 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 1.2.4
+  - Fixed data_path consistency, if you're using `['nsq']['data_path']` in production
+    to set the nsqd data_path, please update to `['nsq']['nsqd']['data_path']`.
 * 1.2.3 - Added support for missing nsqd options
 * 1.2.2 - Added support for customizing the system users used to run nsq services
 * 1.2.1 - Fixed bug in nsqlookupd upstart template when default attributes used
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index e11098e..2e919ed 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,5 @@
 # Architecture
 default['nsq']['arch'] = 'linux-amd64'
 
-# Common directories
-default['nsq']['data_path'] = '/var/spool/nsq'
-
 # Should we setup upstart services?
 default['nsq']['setup_services'] = true
diff --git a/attributes/nsqd.rb b/attributes/nsqd.rb
index ad3dccc..ce8c7f0 100644
--- a/attributes/nsqd.rb
+++ b/attributes/nsqd.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 default['nsq']['nsqd']['max_heartbeat_interval'] = '1m0s'
 
 # -data-path='': path to store disk-backed messages
-default['nsq']['nsqd']['data_path'] = default['nsq']['data_path']
+default['nsq']['nsqd']['data_path'] = '/var/spool/nsq'
 
 # -tls-cert='': path to tls certificate file
 default['nsq']['nsqd']['tls_cert'] = ''
diff --git a/recipes/nsqd.rb b/recipes/nsqd.rb
index 485e055..845cee3 100644
--- a/recipes/nsqd.rb
+++ b/recipes/nsqd.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 nsq_release = "nsq-#{node['nsq']['version']}-#{node['nsq']['go_version']}"
 
 # Create path for the on-disk queue files are stored
-directory node['nsq']['data_path'] do
+directory node['nsq']['nsqd']['data_path'] do
   action :create
   mode '0770'
   owner 'nsqd'