diff --git a/deploy/ergo/ircd.yaml b/deploy/ergo/ircd.yaml
index 3564e63..661e44b 100644
--- a/deploy/ergo/ircd.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ergo/ircd.yaml
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ debug:
 # started at once. comment out or set to the empty string ("") to disable.
 # this path is relative to the working directory; if your datastore.path
 # is absolute, you should use an absolute path here as well.
-lock-file: "ircd.lock"
+lock-file: "__DATA__/ircd.lock"
 
 # datastore configuration
 datastore: