diff --git a/roles/hedgedoc/templates/config.json.j2 b/roles/hedgedoc/templates/config.json.j2
index 607b5a6642630ff09d0de4c4caf8c3751799f436..bb71370bb216808d7774634107bfec083b449fb8 100644
--- a/roles/hedgedoc/templates/config.json.j2
+++ b/roles/hedgedoc/templates/config.json.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         "allowAnonymous": false,
 	"allowAnonymousEdits": true,
 	"defaultPermission": "limited",
+	"uploadsPath": "/var/lib/hedgedoc/uploads",
         "hsts": {
             "enable": true,
             "maxAgeSeconds": 31536000,