diff --git a/uploads b/uploads
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index 000000000..87aa9b3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uploads
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/mnt/pleroma/pleroma/uploads
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uploads/.gitignore b/uploads/.gitignore
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--- a/uploads/.gitignore
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Git will ignore everything in this directory except this file.
-*
-!.gitignore