diff --git a/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh b/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
index 453e6bd232..fd42dc4c8d 100755
--- a/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
+++ b/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ function generate_main_dockerfile() {
           OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 \
     --arg PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=3 PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6 BUILD_DATE VCS_REF VERSION \
     --user neuro \
+    --workdir /home/neuro \
     --miniconda create_env=neuro \
                 conda_install='python=${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}
                                libxml2 libxslt matplotlib mkl "numpy!=1.16.0" paramiko