diff --git a/ente/rootfs/etc/services.d/01-minio/run b/ente/rootfs/etc/services.d/01-minio/run
index 312626d4a..3aa606b3f 100755
--- a/ente/rootfs/etc/services.d/01-minio/run
+++ b/ente/rootfs/etc/services.d/01-minio/run
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
 set -euo pipefail
-bashio::log.info "Starting MinIO."
-exec /usr/local/bin/minio server /data --address ":3200"
+
+# Persistent path
+MINIO_DATA="/config/minio-data"
+mkdir -p "${MINIO_DATA}"
+
+bashio::log.info "Starting MinIO (3200)..."
+exec /usr/local/bin/minio server "${MINIO_DATA}" --address ":3200"