diff --git a/templates/brain_backup.j2 b/templates/brain_backup.j2
index 7095518..0e4889f 100644
--- a/templates/brain_backup.j2
+++ b/templates/brain_backup.j2
@@ -216,9 +216,7 @@ if [ "$backup_gitea_docker_enabled" = "true" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    mkdir -p "$backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir"
-
-    /usr/bin/docker exec -u git -i -w "$backup_dir" $backup_gitea_docker_container" bash -c "/usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c \"$backup_gitea_config\" -q --type tar.gz"
+    /usr/bin/docker exec -u git -i -w "$backup_gitea_docker_workdir" "$backup_gitea_docker_container" bash -c "/usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c \"$backup_gitea_config\" -q --type tar.gz"
 
     gitea_latest_dump=$(ls -1t "$backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir"/gitea-dump-*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
     if [ -z "$gitea_latest_dump" ]; then