diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 83670aba..c44b9a61 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
       KNOT_SERVER_HOSTNAME: "knot.example.org"
       KNOT_SERVER_SECRET: "secret"
       KNOT_SERVER_DB_PATH: "/app/knotserver.db"
+      KNOT_REPO_SCAN_PATH: "/home/git/repositories"
     volumes:
       - "./keys:/etc/ssh/keys"
       - "./repositories:/home/git/repositories"