Nat. Cell Biol. 15, 668–676 (2013); published online 21 April 2013; corrected after print 21 November 2014

The original version of this Article did not mention TFEB, the mammalian orthologue of the protein HLH-30, in the abstract. The fourth sentence in the abstract should have read 'Here we identify MXL-3 and HLH-30 (TFEB orthologue) as transcriptional switches coupling lysosomal lipolysis and autophagy to nutrient availability and controlling fat storage and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans.' This has been corrected in all online versions of the Article.