diff --git a/templates/loki.service.j2 b/templates/loki.service.j2
index f219053..50bd145 100644
--- a/templates/loki.service.j2
+++ b/templates/loki.service.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Type=simple
 Environment="GOMAXPROCS={{ ansible_processor_vcpus|default(ansible_processor_count) }}"
 User={{ loki_user }}
 Group={{ loki_group }}
+WorkingDirectory={{ loki_storage_dir }}
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/loki \
   -config.file {{ loki_config_dir }}/loki.yml