diff --git a/server/migrations.js b/server/migrations.js
index b1c4687bf..3673ac198 100644
--- a/server/migrations.js
+++ b/server/migrations.js
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ Migrations.add('add-card-details-show-lists', () => {
 
 Migrations.add('migrate-attachments-collectionFS-to-ostrioFiles', () => {
   //const storagePath = Attachments.storagePath();
-  const storagePath = process.env.WRITABLE_PATH;
+  const storagePath = process.env.WRITABLE_PATH || `./wekan-uploads`;
   if (!fs.existsSync(storagePath)) {
     console.log("create storagePath because it doesn't exist: " + storagePath);
     fs.mkdirSync(storagePath, { recursive: true });
@@ -1195,7 +1195,8 @@ Migrations.add('migrate-attachments-collectionFS-to-ostrioFiles', () => {
 });
 
 Migrations.add('migrate-avatars-collectionFS-to-ostrioFiles', () => {
-  const storagePath = Avatars.storagePath();
+  //const storagePath = Avatars.storagePath();
+  const storagePath = process.env.WRITABLE_PATH || `./wekan-uploads`;
   if (!fs.existsSync(storagePath)) {
     console.log("create storagePath because it doesn't exist: " + storagePath);
     fs.mkdirSync(storagePath, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/torodb-postgresql/docker-compose.yml b/torodb-postgresql/docker-compose.yml
index 8a882ef86..245cf34db 100644
--- a/torodb-postgresql/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/torodb-postgresql/docker-compose.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ services:
       # use 3001:8080 . Do not add any extra address etc here, that way it does not work.
       - 80:8080
     environment:
+      - WRITABLE_PATH=/data
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/wekan
       #---------------------------------------------------------------
       # ==== ROOT_URL SETTING ====