diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
index 9715e478e53a..7aca1adc19b0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    services.hound.settings = {
+      dbpath = "${config.services.hound.home}/data";
+    };
+
     systemd.services.hound = {
       description = "Hound Code Search";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];