diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index ae9492bb7183db0ef9d128dc5e0bcadddf878c99..ee59097e26691ed6a42da9c06e3ebab5d00e2ea6 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ ENV XDG_DATA_HOME=/usr/local/share
 ENV IPYTHONDIR=/usr/local/etc/ipython
 ENV JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=/usr/local/etc/jupyter
 COPY jupyter_notebook_config.py ${JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR}/
-ENV JUPYTERLAB_SETTINGS_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/user-settings
-ENV JUPYTERLAB_WORKSPACES_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/workspaces
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_SETTINGS_DIR=$HOME/.config/jupyter/lab/user-settings
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_WORKSPACES_DIR=$HOME/.config/jupyter/lab/workspaces
 
 RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m pip install \
         jupyterlab \