diff --git a/server/install_server.sh b/server/install_server.sh
index 60dde975..22e547c4 100755
--- a/server/install_server.sh
+++ b/server/install_server.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR="/etc/mediamtx"
 MEDIAMTX_CONFIG="$MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR/mediamtx.yml"
 MEDIAMTX_SERVICE="/etc/systemd/system/mediamtx.service"
 MULTIROVER_SERVICE="/etc/systemd/system/multirover.service"
-SNAPSHOT_DIR="$SERVER_DIR/data/rover-snapshots"
+SNAPSHOT_DIR="/var/lib/rover-snapshots"
 REPLAY_SEGMENT_DIR="/var/lib/replay-segments"
 
 if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 User=$TARGET_USER
 Group=$TARGET_USER
 WorkingDirectory=$MEDIAMTX_CONF_DIR
+Environment=ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR=$SNAPSHOT_DIR
 ExecStart=$MEDIAMTX_BIN $MEDIAMTX_CONFIG
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ Group=$TARGET_USER
 WorkingDirectory=$SERVER_DIR
 Environment=NODE_ENV=production
 Environment=SERVER_CONFIG=$CONFIG_PATH
+Environment=ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR=$SNAPSHOT_DIR
 Environment=REPLAY_SEGMENT_DIR=$REPLAY_SEGMENT_DIR
 ExecStart=$NODE_BIN $SERVER_DIR/index.js
 Restart=on-failure
diff --git a/server/src/services/healthService/index.js b/server/src/services/healthService/index.js
index 7a031023..2bfb1820 100644
--- a/server/src/services/healthService/index.js
+++ b/server/src/services/healthService/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const { getRoomCameras } = require('../roomCameraService');
 const { getRoomCameraState } = require('../roomCameraService');
 const { getReplayHealthSnapshot } = require('../replayEngineV2');
 
-const SNAPSHOT_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'data', 'rover-snapshots');
+const ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR = process.env.ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR || '/var/lib/rover-snapshots';
 const HEALTH_INTERVAL_MS = 5000;
 const ROOM_CAMERA_STALE_MS = 5000;
 const ROVER_SNAPSHOT_STALE_MS = 5000;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function collectSnapshotHealth(now) {
   }));
   const roverSnapshots = [];
   for (const rover of rovers) {
-    const filePath = path.join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, `${rover.id}.jpg`);
+    const filePath = path.join(ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR, `${rover.id}.jpg`);
     let exists = false;
     let size = 0;
     let updatedAt = null;
diff --git a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
index 7b91a9ac..6e7ce192 100644
--- a/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
+++ b/server/src/services/roverSnapshotService/poller.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs/promises');
 const path = require('path');
 const logger = require('../../globals/logger').child('roverSnapshot');
 
-const SNAPSHOT_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'data', 'rover-snapshots');
+const SNAPSHOT_DIR = process.env.ROVER_SNAPSHOT_DIR || '/var/lib/rover-snapshots';
 const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 300;
 const roverState = new Map();
 const events = new EventEmitter();