diff --git a/server/src/services/replayEngineV2.js b/server/src/services/replayEngineV2.js
index e569786c..84d18651 100644
--- a/server/src/services/replayEngineV2.js
+++ b/server/src/services/replayEngineV2.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const { getRoomCameras, roomCameraEvents } = require('./roomCameraService');
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 const FFMPEG_BIN = process.env.FFMPEG_BIN || 'ffmpeg';
-const SEGMENT_ROOT = process.env.REPLAY_SEGMENT_DIR || '/var/lib/replay-segments';
+const SEGMENT_ROOT =
+  process.env.REPLAY_SEGMENT_DIR || path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'data', 'replay-segments');
 const SEGMENT_SECONDS = Math.max(1, Number.parseInt(process.env.REPLAY_SEGMENT_SECONDS || '1', 10));
 const BUFFER_SECONDS = Math.max(20, Number.parseInt(process.env.REPLAY_BUFFER_SECONDS || '45', 10));
 const CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000;