diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/31-checks.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/31-checks.sh
index 08d4d7a31..da241d011 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/31-checks.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/31-checks.sh
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ sed -i "/update_caddyfile/c echo \"yes\"" "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/update_bird
 
 # Execute update_birdnet_snippets
 export RECS_DIR="$HOME/BirdSongs"
+export EXTRACTED="$HOME/BirdSongs/Extracted"
 chmod +777 "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
 "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh