diff --git a/tasks/app.yml b/tasks/app.yml
index 85315b2eb989b546eada0b4150fb40c2d4708a4c..a883aeff9e2fbd3c1fe65e0fb729724106a88e03 100644
--- a/tasks/app.yml
+++ b/tasks/app.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             - '{{ application_root }}/borgdata/config:/root/.config/borg'
             - '{{ application_root }}/borgdata/ssh:/root/.ssh'
             - '{{ application_root }}/borgdata/cache:/root/.cache/borg'
-          env_file: './borgconfig/.env'
+          env_file: '{{ application_root }}/borgconfig/.env'
 
   tags:
     - deploy