diff --git a/build/package/deb/debian/postinst b/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
index 2b98bd204c..28f147a87e 100755
--- a/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
+++ b/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 if [ -z "$2" ]; then
-	adduser --system tgstation-server
+	adduser --system --home /home/tgstation-server tgstation-server
 	mkdir -m 754 -p /var/log/tgstation-server
 	chown -R tgstation-server /etc/tgstation-server
 	chown -R tgstation-server /opt/tgstation-server/lib