diff --git a/HACKERS_README b/HACKERS_README
index 6ba3fbf9..04a09d53 100755
--- a/HACKERS_README
+++ b/HACKERS_README
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ set -x
 export PATH="$PATH:$(pwd -P)/bin"
 export __cdist_conf_dir="$(pwd -P)/conf"
 
-export __cdist_local_base_dir=/tmp/localhost
-
-# Allow user to suply hostname
+# Allow user to supply hostname
 target="${1:-localhost}"
 
+# And use hostname as basedir (dangerous, but hackers know what they do)
+export __cdist_local_base_dir="/tmp/$target"
+
 # Run the real script
 cdist-deploy-to "$target"