diff --git a/pgweb.service b/pgweb.service
index dcf38cb..e030419 100644
--- a/pgweb.service
+++ b/pgweb.service
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Documentation=https://sosedoff.github.io/pgweb
 [Service]
 User=pgweb
 Group=pgweb
+StateDirectory=/var/lib/pgweb
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/pgweb
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pgweb --skip-open --address="sysd?name=pgweb.socket&idle_timeout=30m" --bookmarks-dir=bookmarks --queries-dir=queries
 
 NoNewPrivileges=yes