diff --git a/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts b/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
index 9b5741cfa..da3e1318d 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
@@ -131,13 +131,14 @@ export class DatabaseSeedsRepo {
 		const email = ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_EMAIL;
 
 		return (
-			asyncExec(`git config user.name "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_NAME}"`)
-				.then(() => asyncExec(`git config user.email "${email}"`))
+			asyncExec(`git config user.name "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_NAME}"`, this.baseDir)
+				.then(() => asyncExec(`git config user.email "${email}"`, this.baseDir))
 
 				// @ereti is insistent that this sleep 1 is fine, so, whatever.
 				.then(() =>
 					asyncExec(
-						`git config credential.helper '!f() { sleep 1; echo "username=\${GIT_USER}"; echo "password=\${GIT_PASSWORD}"; }; f'`
+						`git config credential.helper '!f() { sleep 1; echo "username=\${GIT_USER}"; echo "password=\${GIT_PASSWORD}"; }; f'`,
+						this.baseDir
 					)
 				)
 		);