diff --git a/server-ce/config/settings.js b/server-ce/config/settings.js
index 1ff5d5f200..ab4c5961c7 100644
--- a/server-ce/config/settings.js
+++ b/server-ce/config/settings.js
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ const settings = {
     dumpFolder: Path.join(TMP_DIR, 'dumpFolder'),
     // Where to write uploads before they are processed
     uploadFolder: Path.join(TMP_DIR, 'uploads'),
+    // Where to write intermediate file for full project history migration
+    projectHistories: Path.join(TMP_DIR, 'projectHistories'),
     // Where to write the project to disk before running LaTeX on it
     compilesDir: Path.join(DATA_DIR, 'compiles'),
     // Where to cache downloaded URLs for the CLSI
     clsiCacheDir: Path.join(DATA_DIR, 'cache'),
     // Where to write the output files to disk after running LaTeX
     outputDir: Path.join(DATA_DIR, 'output'),
-    // Where to write intermediate file for full project history migration
-    projectHistories: Path.join(DATA_DIR, 'projectHistories'),
   },
 
   // Server Config
diff --git a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
index 2f8d49b979..848bf80d9e 100755
--- a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
+++ b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/data/template_files
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/data/history
 chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/data/history
 
-mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/data/projectHistories
-chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/data/projectHistories
+mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/projectHistories
+chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/projectHistories
 
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder
 chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder