diff --git a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ full_stack = true
 static_files = true
 lang=en
 cache_dir = %(here)s/data
+index_dir = %(here)s/data/index
 app_instance_uuid = ${app_instance_uuid}
 
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