diff --git a/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix b/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix
index 1d87dd2..8f19fa8 100644
--- a/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix
+++ b/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
         dataDir = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.path;
-          default = "var/lib/postgresql";
+          default = "/var/lib/postgresql";
           description = "Where to store database data";
         };
 
diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index 23ff5c1..b13af21 100755
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ in
   # Postgresql/postgrest for text storage
   services.postgresql-db = {
     enable = true;
-    dataDir = "var/lib/postgresql";
+    dataDir = "/var/lib/postgresql";
     port = 5432;
     credentialsFile = config.sops.secrets."postgresql-credentials".path;
     databases = [ "rdblog" ];