diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/package.nix
index 7cce5d54a650..5e49a9031a2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/package.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ pythonpkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
     substituteInPlace mealie/db/init_db.py \
       --replace-fail 'PROJECT_DIR = ' "PROJECT_DIR = Path('$out') #"
+
+    substituteInPlace mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py \
+      --replace-fail '"script_location", path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "alembic")' '"script_location", "${src}/alembic"'
   '';
 
   postInstall = let