diff --git a/app-sync.js b/app-sync.js
index 4596662e5a7ebfb9d57490d5f039f4bc58943651..d9d80bddf4382f247a2d1166a2357fb26f790f26 100644
--- a/app-sync.js
+++ b/app-sync.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ app.use(errorMiddleware);
 async function init() {
   await actual.init({
     config: {
-      dataDir: join(__dirname, 'user-files')
+      dataDir: join(__dirname, process.env.ACTUAL_USER_FILES || config.files)
     }
   });
 }