diff --git a/containers/agent-debian-testing-clang8-buildkite/start_agent.sh b/containers/agent-debian-testing-clang8-buildkite/start_agent.sh
index 8e96aba..e8e1bf7 100755
--- a/containers/agent-debian-testing-clang8-buildkite/start_agent.sh
+++ b/containers/agent-debian-testing-clang8-buildkite/start_agent.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ chown -R buildkite:buildkite "${CCACHE_PATH}"
 
 # set the token in the config file
 sed -i -r s/token=\"[^\"]+\"/token=\"`cat /credentials/buildkite-token`\"/g /etc/buildkite-agent/buildkite-agent.cfg
+sed -i -r s/build-path=\"[^\"]+\"/build-path=\"\/mnt\/disks\/ssd0\/agent\"/g /etc/buildkite-agent/buildkite-agent.cfg
 
 # start the buildkite agent
 buildkite-agent start
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