diff --git a/backend/app/config.py b/backend/app/config.py
index 88b630b..7d0ce39 100644
--- a/backend/app/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 # Deploy-time config (env vars) - where things live on disk inside the container.
 DATA_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("APP_DATA_DIR", "/data"))
-UPLOAD_DIR = DATA_DIR / "audio"
+UPLOAD_DIR = DATA_DIR / "uploads"
 AUDIO_DIR = DATA_DIR / "audio"
 TRANSCRIPT_DIR = DATA_DIR / "transcriptions"
 NOTES_DIR = DATA_DIR / "notes"