From 5afd604e85e937996ee49ec1b04334173538ab9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Slettebakken <43045439+sebastas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:23:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: make data directory configurable via environment
 variable

---
 backend/server.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 5ca2c41..ab7f8b7 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ const log = {
 }
 
 // store all runtime data under backend/data
-const DATA_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'data')
+const DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR
+  ? path.resolve(process.env.DATA_DIR)
+  : path.join(__dirname, 'data')
+
 const UPLOAD_DIR = path.join(DATA_DIR, 'uploads')
 
 // ensure data and upload dirs exist