diff --git a/hosts/common/optional/nixos-containers/baseddata-worker.nix b/hosts/common/optional/nixos-containers/baseddata-worker.nix
index ddb8f95..5851976 100644
--- a/hosts/common/optional/nixos-containers/baseddata-worker.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/optional/nixos-containers/baseddata-worker.nix
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ in {
             .venv/bin/prefect variable set "postgres_dbname" "baseddata" --overwrite
             .venv/bin/prefect variable set "postgres_schema" "models_final" --overwrite
             .venv/bin/prefect variable set "unique_key" "row_uuid" --overwrite
+            .venv/bin/prefect variable set "dbt_profiles_dir" "/srv/baseddata-models/data-models" --overwrite
 
             # serve flows
             .venv/bin/python automation/flows/serve-flows.py