diff --git a/postdeploy.sh b/postdeploy.sh
index a7619ab..47fc3a2 100755
--- a/postdeploy.sh
+++ b/postdeploy.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ setup_db() {
 setup_root_user() {
     set -eu
 
-    user_count=$(sqlite3 /data/gitea.db "select count(*) from user;")
+    user_count=$(sqlite3 /data/gitea/gitea.db "select count(*) from user;")
 
     if [[ "${user_count}" == "0" ]]; then
         echo "==> Setting up root user for first run"