diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ada4b71..ee13953 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ COPY supervisor.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/anonaddy.conf
 COPY start.sh /app/code/start.sh
 COPY postfix-main.cf /tmp/postfix-main.cf
 COPY postfix-master.cf /tmp/postfix-master.cf
+COPY laravel-paths.php /app/code/laravel-paths.php
+
+# Patch bootstrap/app.php to use custom storage paths
+RUN sed -i '/\$app = new Illuminate/a require_once __DIR__.'\''/laravel-paths.php'\'';' /app/code/bootstrap/app.php
 
 # Initialize data directory structure
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/data && \
diff --git a/laravel-paths.php b/laravel-paths.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..250282f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/laravel-paths.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Override Laravel storage paths for Cloudron
+ * This file is loaded before the application boots to redirect storage to /app/data
+ */
+
+// Override storage path to use /app/data/storage instead of /app/code/storage
+$app->useStoragePath('/app/data/storage');
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 6485479..ae9aa23 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ fi
 chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data
 chmod -R 755 /app/data/storage
 
-# Create symlink from /app/code/storage to /app/data/storage
-ln -sf /app/data/storage /app/code/storage
-
 # Create .env file in /app/data
 echo "==> Configuring application environment"
 cat > /app/data/.env <<EOF