diff --git a/jupyterhub/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/Dockerfile
index b0dce267145494df59ea1b78968032a5c2218722..155ef833666579528573b26d466c0f995ee3ab0c 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/Dockerfile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ COPY themes.jupyterlab-settings /root/.jupyter/lab/user-settings/@jupyterlab/app
 COPY commands.jupyterlab-settings /root/.jupyter/lab/user-settings/@jupyterlab/codemirror-extension/
 
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
+RUN mkdir /data
 
-WORKDIR "/root"
+WORKDIR "/data"
 CMD [ "jupyterhub-singleuser" ]