diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/blackbox_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index b97af9bae..fce5730cc 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ blackbox_exporter_configuration_modules:
 #      validate_answer_rrs:
 #        fail_if_matches_regexp: [test]
 
-# Where to put the blackbox_exporter.yml main configuration file
-blackbox_exporter_config_dir: /etc
+# Where to put the blackbox.yml main configuration file
+blackbox_exporter_config_dir: /etc/blackbox_exporter
 
 blackbox_exporter_binary_install_dir: "/usr/local/bin"
diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/alternative/tests/test_alternative.py b/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/alternative/tests/test_alternative.py
index fcc62672d..e1dc3311f 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/alternative/tests/test_alternative.py
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/alternative/tests/test_alternative.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("files", [
-    "/etc/blackbox_exporter.yml",
+    "/etc/prometheus/blackbox.yml",
     "/etc/systemd/system/blackbox_exporter.service",
     "/usr/local/bin/blackbox_exporter"
 ])
diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 7419277d3..5222975d9 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("files", [
-    "/etc/blackbox_exporter.yml",
+    "/etc/prometheus/blackbox.yml",
     "/etc/systemd/system/blackbox_exporter.service",
     "/usr/local/bin/blackbox_exporter"
 ])
diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/configure.yml b/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/configure.yml
index 447e1c6b6..53b58f305 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - name: Configure blackbox exporter
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: blackbox_exporter.yml.j2
-    dest: "{{ blackbox_exporter_config_dir }}/blackbox_exporter.yml"
+    dest: "{{ blackbox_exporter_config_dir }}/blackbox.yml"
     owner: root
     group: "{{ blackbox_exporter_group }}"
     mode: '0644'
diff --git a/roles/blackbox_exporter/templates/blackbox_exporter.service.j2 b/roles/blackbox_exporter/templates/blackbox_exporter.service.j2
index f64e2ca35..9c603e0cf 100644
--- a/roles/blackbox_exporter/templates/blackbox_exporter.service.j2
+++ b/roles/blackbox_exporter/templates/blackbox_exporter.service.j2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Group={{ blackbox_exporter_group }}
 PermissionsStartOnly=true
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStart={{ blackbox_exporter_binary_install_dir }}/blackbox_exporter \
-  --config.file={{ blackbox_exporter_config_dir }}/blackbox_exporter.yml \
+  --config.file={{ blackbox_exporter_config_dir }}/blackbox.yml \
   {% for flag, flag_value in blackbox_exporter_cli_flags.items() -%}
   --{{ flag }}={{ flag_value }} \
   {% endfor -%}