diff --git a/server-ce/config/settings.js b/server-ce/config/settings.js
index 6b78333b18..1ff5d5f200 100644
--- a/server-ce/config/settings.js
+++ b/server-ce/config/settings.js
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ const settings = {
     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 f606eff32c..2f8d49b979 100755
--- a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
+++ b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/data/cache
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/data/template_files
 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/dumpFolder
 chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder