diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ace443ecfb..defec1a4f8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ COPY --from=builder /celestia-app/build/celestia-appd /bin/celestia-appd
 COPY --chown=${USER_NAME}:${USER_NAME} docker/entrypoint.sh /opt/entrypoint.sh
 # Set the user to celestia.
 USER ${USER_NAME}
+# Set the working directory to the home directory.
+WORKDIR ${CELESTIA_HOME}
 # Expose ports:
 # 1317 is the default API server port.
 # 9090 is the default GRPC server port.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_txsim b/docker/Dockerfile_txsim
index dc9f32dd3a..767853f6ae 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile_txsim
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_txsim
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ COPY --chown=${USER_NAME}:${USER_NAME} docker/txsim.sh /opt/entrypoint.sh
 
 USER ${USER_NAME}
 
+# Set the working directory to the home directory.
+WORKDIR ${CELESTIA_HOME}
+
 # grpc, rpc, api ports
 EXPOSE 26657 1317 9090