diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 5fbbeade647185105f43544e4f0097e9117421d6..658c85081d8b0042effd8666b412da9f30da3ac9 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ MODEL_CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "storage", "models")
 #
 # Folder containing the documents used for RAG, including an index.yam l
 #
-RAG_DOCUMENTS_FOLDER = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "documents")
+RAG_DOCUMENTS_FOLDER = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.getenv("RAG_DOCUMENTS_FOLDER", "documents"))
 
 #
 # Folder used for storing/loading the Faiss index