diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f1e63d016960215ada3e61dc62363a7fbd093e26..56d9d1edb57546360eaf73a18d2a95097b950288 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ services:
       - ALEKSIS_caching__memcached__enabled=true
       - ALEKSIS_database__host=db
       - ALEKSIS_maintenance__debug=${ALEKSIS_maintenance__debug:-false}
+      - ALEKSIS_backup__location=/var/lib/aleksis/backups
     depends_on:
       - db
       - memcached
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ services:
       - ALEKSIS_caching__memcached__enabled=true
       - ALEKSIS_database__host=db
       - ALEKSIS_maintenance__debug=${ALEKSIS_maintenance__debug:-false}
+      - ALEKSIS_backup__location=/var/lib/aleksis/backups
     depends_on:
       - app
   scheduler: