diff --git a/sharelatex/defaults/main.yml b/sharelatex/defaults/main.yml
index e2c801a..66ecf0e 100644
--- a/sharelatex/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/sharelatex/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ sharelatex_mongodb_url: 'mongodb://mongo/sharelatex'
 sharelatex_redis_host: localhost
 sharelatex_app_name: Our ShareLaTeX
 sharelatex_site_url: 'http://localhost/sharelatex'
+sharelatex_data_dir: '/srv/sharelatex'
 sharelatex_host_data_dir: '/srv/sharelatex_data'
 sharelatex_container_data_dir: '/var/lib/sharelatex'