diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 538b994..3c33b90 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -88,10 +88,13 @@ services:
       context: ./docker/terminal
     image: "${CLUSEV_TERMINAL_IMAGE:-clusev-terminal:prod}"
     restart: unless-stopped
+    # Clean hostname so the "Clusev host" terminal prompt reads node@clusev, not the container hash.
+    hostname: clusev
     environment:
       TERMINAL_SIDECAR_SECRET: "${TERMINAL_SIDECAR_SECRET:-}"
       APP_INTERNAL_URL: "http://app:80"
-      TERMINAL_HOST_CWD: "/workspace"
+      # Land the host shell in a real, writable home (~) — not the read-only repo mount.
+      TERMINAL_HOST_CWD: "/home/node"
     volumes:
       - .:/workspace:ro
     expose:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4e0c664..a102bc7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ services:
       context: ./docker/terminal
     image: clusev-terminal:dev
     restart: unless-stopped
+    # Clean hostname so the "Clusev host" terminal prompt reads node@clusev, not the container hash.
+    hostname: clusev
     environment:
       TERMINAL_SIDECAR_SECRET: "${TERMINAL_SIDECAR_SECRET:-}"
       APP_INTERNAL_URL: "http://app:80"
-      TERMINAL_HOST_CWD: "/workspace"
+      # Land the host shell in a real, writable home (~) — not the read-only repo mount.
+      TERMINAL_HOST_CWD: "/home/node"
     volumes:
       - .:/workspace:ro
       # Dev: bind the sidecar source over the baked copy so edits need only `restart terminal`
diff --git a/docker/terminal/server.js b/docker/terminal/server.js
index fcb30b8..42fd62b 100644
--- a/docker/terminal/server.js
+++ b/docker/terminal/server.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const PORT = parseInt(process.env.TERMINAL_PORT || '3000', 10);
 const APP_URL = (process.env.APP_INTERNAL_URL || 'http://app:80').replace(/\/$/, '');
 const SECRET = process.env.TERMINAL_SIDECAR_SECRET || '';
 const HOST_SHELL = process.env.TERMINAL_HOST_SHELL || 'bash';
-const HOST_CWD = process.env.TERMINAL_HOST_CWD || '/workspace';
+const HOST_CWD = process.env.TERMINAL_HOST_CWD || '/home/node';
 
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
   res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ function startHost(ws) {
   try {
     p = pty.spawn(HOST_SHELL, ['-l'], {
       name: 'xterm-256color', cwd: HOST_CWD, cols: 80, rows: 24,
-      env: { ...process.env, TERM: 'xterm-256color' },
+      // HOME = the landing dir so the shell opens at ~ (not a bare absolute path) and the prompt
+      // reads cleanly; the container's `hostname: clusev` makes \h show "clusev", not the hash.
+      env: { ...process.env, TERM: 'xterm-256color', HOME: HOST_CWD },
     });
   } catch (e) {
     send(ws, { type: 'error', data: 'Shell konnte nicht gestartet werden.' });