diff --git a/jupyterhub/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/jupyterhub/jupyter_notebook_config.py
index 97475e78164cbda26822c40f0a6e11dc0c49a3a5..82cdba41959b5eb5d21a81ecf1d062f8dc8835b6 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/jupyter_notebook_config.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ c.NotebookApp.token = ''
 c.NotebookApp.allow_root = True
 c.NotebookApp.terminado_settings = { 'shell_command': ['/bin/bash', '-l'] }
 c.MultiKernelManager.default_kernel_name = 'robofish'
+c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = '/data'