diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Irc.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Irc.php
index 63b9bd1606..09d1374a85 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Irc.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Irc.php
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ class Irc extends Transport
 
     public function contactIrc($obj, $opts)
     {
-        $f = Config::get('install_dir') . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        $container_dir = '/data';
+        if (file_exists($container_dir) and posix_getpwuid(fileowner($container_dir))['name'] == 'librenms') {
+            $f = $container_dir . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        } else {
+            $f = Config::get('install_dir') . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        }
         if (file_exists($f) && filetype($f) == 'fifo') {
             $f = fopen($f, 'w+');
             $r = fwrite($f, json_encode($obj) . "\n");
diff --git a/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php b/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
index e8355e8815..5e0c1fdc72 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
@@ -218,7 +218,12 @@ class IRCBot
 
     private function connectAlert()
     {
-        $f = $this->config['install_dir'] . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        $container_dir = '/data';
+        if (file_exists($container_dir) and posix_getpwuid(fileowner($container_dir))['name'] == 'librenms') {
+            $f = $container_dir . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        } else {
+            $f = $this->config['install_dir'] . '/.ircbot.alert';
+        }
         if ((file_exists($f) && filetype($f) != 'fifo' && ! unlink($f)) || (! file_exists($f) && ! shell_exec("mkfifo $f && echo 1"))) {
             $this->log('Error - Cannot create Alert-File');