diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index bb0250b..ecc883c 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['ldap_allow_username_or_email_login'] = true
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['satellites_path'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-satellites"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['backup_path'] = "tmp/backups"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_path'] = "/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/"
-default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_repos_path'] = "/home/git/repositories/"
+default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_repos_path'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/repositories"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_hooks_path'] = "/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/hooks/"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_upload_pack'] = true
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_shell_receive_pack'] = true
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