diff --git a/ct/tubearchivist.sh b/ct/tubearchivist.sh
index a1205ac2..9f8d6ee6 100644
--- a/ct/tubearchivist.sh
+++ b/ct/tubearchivist.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ function update_script() {
 
     msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
     mv /opt/tubearchivist_env.bak /opt/tubearchivist/.env
+    sed -i 's|^TA_APP_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist$|TA_APP_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist/backend|' /opt/tubearchivist/.env
+    ln -sf /opt/tubearchivist/.env /opt/tubearchivist/backend/.env
     msg_ok "Restored Configuration"
 
     msg_info "Starting Services"
diff --git a/install/tubearchivist-install.sh b/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
index 8226f3d5..48771fa8 100644
--- a/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
+++ b/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ TA_HOST=http://${LOCAL_IP}:8000
 TA_USERNAME=admin
 TA_PASSWORD=${TA_PASSWORD}
 TA_BACKEND_PORT=8080
-TA_APP_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist
+TA_APP_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist/backend
 TA_CACHE_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist/cache
 TA_MEDIA_DIR=/opt/tubearchivist/media
 ES_SNAPSHOT_DIR=/var/lib/elasticsearch/snapshot