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 ## Tasks
 
-The `task-tui` uses a `TASKS_HOME` variable in the configuration file. It looks for plain text files that follows the [template](./TASK_TEMPLATE.md).
+The `task-tui` uses a `tasks_dir` variable in the configuration file. It looks for plain text files that follows the [template](./TASK_TEMPLATE.md).
 
 The tasks text files need to be in one of the status directories: `backlog`, `next`, `in-progress`, or `done`.
 
-After setting the `TASKS_HOME` variable in the configuration file `ayo.conf` and an alias to `ayo.sh` with `yo` in your `.bashrc` file, you can run the app with `yo tasks`.
+After setting the `tasks_dir` variable in the configuration file `ayo.conf` and an alias to `ayo.sh` with `yo` in your `.bashrc` file, you can run the app with `yo tasks`.
 
 ## Examples