diff --git a/homelab/server/config/monitoring/docker-compose.yml b/homelab/server/config/monitoring/docker-compose.yml
index 00980500..722dbecf 100644
--- a/homelab/server/config/monitoring/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/homelab/server/config/monitoring/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3100:3100"
     volumes:
-      - ${DOCKER_DATA}/loki:/etc/loki
+      - ${DOCKER_DATA}/loki-logs:/loki-logs
       - ./loki-config.yml:/etc/loki/loki-config.yml # not sure if this works. If not, just edit the config within the data volume
     restart: "no"
     command: -config.file=/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
diff --git a/homelab/server/config/monitoring/loki-config.yml b/homelab/server/config/monitoring/loki-config.yml
index 5dec7209..386a4a1e 100644
--- a/homelab/server/config/monitoring/loki-config.yml
+++ b/homelab/server/config/monitoring/loki-config.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ common:
     kvstore:
       store: inmemory
 
+local_storage_config:
+  directory: /loki-logs
+
 schema_config:
   configs:
     - from: 2020-10-24