diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4cd1814..63ecaa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           POSTGRES_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
           POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
           POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS: "-Z0"
-          BACKUP_DIR: ".data"
+          BACKUP_DIR: "/tmp/backups"
           # Defaults
           POSTGRES_DB_FILE: "**None**"
           POSTGRES_USER_FILE: "**None**"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS: "-Z0 -Fd"
           BACKUP_SUFFIX: ""
           BACKUP_LATEST_TYPE: "symlink"
-          BACKUP_DIR: ".data"
+          BACKUP_DIR: "/tmp/backups"
           # Defaults
           POSTGRES_DB_FILE: "**None**"
           POSTGRES_USER_FILE: "**None**"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           POSTGRES_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
           POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
           POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS: ""
-          BACKUP_DIR: ".data"
+          BACKUP_DIR: "/tmp/backups"
           # Defaults
           POSTGRES_DB_FILE: "**None**"
           POSTGRES_USER_FILE: "**None**"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8081078..1879120 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-.data
 dockerhub.md
\ No newline at end of file