diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index 6bb8a9679e690306947d819e09c405bc8cf551ad..e061a930669bc2859cb4b577a977fd6e82a65a8b 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/venv && \
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
 RUN mkdir /data
 
-WORKDIR "/root"
+WORKDIR "/"
 CMD [ "jupyterhub-singleuser" ]