diff --git a/roles/archweb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/archweb/defaults/main.yml
index 626b083308f476d4c819355a0847940659d3ba73..60f065c2d2a88d74b469cf390ce8bf9fa8f18ba6 100644
--- a/roles/archweb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/archweb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ archweb_mirrorcheck: false
 archweb_mirrorresolv: false
 archweb_pgp_import: false
 archweb_donor_import: false
-archweb_donor_maildir: '/home/donate/maildir-dumped/'
+archweb_donor_maildir: '/var/lib/archweb/donate'
 archweb_populate_signoffs: false
 archweb_keyring: '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/pubring.gpg'
 archweb_reporead: false
diff --git a/roles/archweb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/archweb/tasks/main.yml
index de1a95d9fa8d822fca3f723a5c487bccae005cd8..520383f5fb24842fb0bd360fb89d5b496c991f33 100644
--- a/roles/archweb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/archweb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
   when: archweb_donor_import
 
 - name: create maildir dump dir
-  file: path={{ archweb_donor_maildir }}/{{ item }} recurse=yes state=directory
+  file: path={{ archweb_donor_maildir }}/{{ item }} recurse=yes state=directory owner=archweb group=users mode=0755
   with_items:
     - cur
     - new