diff --git a/ansible/skund.yml b/ansible/skund.yml
index af77cbd759842951bc3f167aa8feeedeaec64d13..cce4d6d83ff44322d757543a2574fc4503a52842 100644
--- a/ansible/skund.yml
+++ b/ansible/skund.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
               content: |
                 TARGET=backup-skund@127.0.0.1
                 SOURCES="/home/xstill/sync /home/xstill/recepty /home/xstill/_config /home/xstill/notes /data/xstill/repo-t14"
+                WORK_DIR=/root/backup-work
               dest: "/backup/skund/backup-tar.config"
 
           - name: "Authorized key for backup-skund"