diff --git a/handlers/backup.yaml b/handlers/backup.yaml
index a04fc0b..3a7455f 100644
--- a/handlers/backup.yaml
+++ b/handlers/backup.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 - name: Backup Gitea directory
   community.general.archive:
-    path: /var/lib/gitea/
+    path: "{{ gitea_vars.base_path }}/"
     dest: "/var/backups/gitea-{{ gitea.hostname }}.{{ gitea.domain }}@{{ lookup('pipe', 'date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') }}.tar.gz"
     force_archive: true
     format: gz
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index 362cb3a..a3b2cdc 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
     state: directory
     owner: root
     mode: "755"
-  with_items: ["/opt/gitea", "/var/lib/gitea"]
+  with_items: ["/opt/gitea", "{{ gitea_vars.base_path }}"]
 
 - name: Ensure data and config directories exist
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/gitea/{{ item }}"
+    path: "{{ gitea_vars.base_path }}/{{ item }}"
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ git_user.uid }}"
     group: "{{ git_user.group }}"