diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2aceb0a..9a943af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://scholar:scholar@localhost:5432/scholar
+      SCHOLAR_IMAGE_UPLOAD_DIR: /tmp/scholarr_uploads/scholar_images
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/app/settings.py b/app/settings.py
index ea292e0..7e24550 100644
--- a/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/settings.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Settings:
     frontend_dist_dir: str = _env_str("FRONTEND_DIST_DIR", "/app/frontend/dist")
     scholar_image_upload_dir: str = _env_str(
         "SCHOLAR_IMAGE_UPLOAD_DIR",
-        "/var/lib/scholarr/uploads",
+        "/tmp/scholarr_uploads/scholar_images",
     )
     scholar_image_upload_max_bytes: int = _env_int(
         "SCHOLAR_IMAGE_UPLOAD_MAX_BYTES",