diff --git a/actions/backups b/actions/backups
index 9a42d65cd..2c7c0fbc7 100755
--- a/actions/backups
+++ b/actions/backups
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import argparse
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-REPOSITORY = '/tmp/freedombox-backups'
+REPOSITORY = '/var/lib/freedombox/backups'
 
 
 def parse_arguments():