diff --git a/mealie/config.json b/mealie/config.json
index 4cc1f87ea..bb4aab96d 100644
--- a/mealie/config.json
+++ b/mealie/config.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   "schema": {
     "ALLOW_SIGNUP": "bool",
     "BASE_URL": "str?",
-    "DATA_DIR": "/config/addons_config/mealie_data",
+    "DATA_DIR": "str?",
     "PGID": "int",
     "PUID": "int",
     "certfile": "str",