diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab-shell.yml.erb b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab-shell.yml.erb
index b697019..c345420 100644
--- a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab-shell.yml.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab-shell.yml.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ http_settings:
 #  ca_path: /etc/pki/tls/certs
   self_signed_cert: false
 
-repos_path: "/var/lib/gitlab/repositories/"
+repos_path: "/var/lib/gitlab-shell/repositories/"
 auth_file: "/var/lib/gitlab-shell/.ssh/authorized_keys"
 
 redis:
diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
index 6357ebf..44a5d6d 100644
--- a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ production: &base
     path: /var/lib/gitlab/backups
   gitlab_shell:
     path: /usr/lib/gitlab-shell
-    repos_path: /var/lib/gitlab/repositories/
+    repos_path: /var/lib/gitlab-shell/repositories/
     hooks_path: /usr/lib/gitlab-shell/hooks/
     # Git over HTTP
     upload_pack: true
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