diff --git a/debian/conf/gitlab.yml b/debian/conf/gitlab.yml
index c2a7d29241..ee59ce66a8 100644
--- a/debian/conf/gitlab.yml
+++ b/debian/conf/gitlab.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ production: &base
 
     # Uncomment and customize if you can't use the default user to run GitLab (default: 'git')
     user: gitlab
-    user_home: /usr/share/gitlab
+    user_home: /var/lib/gitlab
 
     ## Date & Time settings
     # Uncomment and customize if you want to change the default time zone of GitLab application.