diff --git a/upgrade b/upgrade
index dae3b18..6b2a89d 100755
--- a/upgrade
+++ b/upgrade
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -ex
 
 BINDIR=/srv/gitea/bin
 GITEA_HOME=/srv/gitea
+export GITEA_WORK_DIR=/srv/gitea
 
 cd $BINDIR