diff --git a/deployments/home-server/linkwarden.yaml b/deployments/home-server/linkwarden.yaml
index 7ffdaf6..e07bee5 100644
--- a/deployments/home-server/linkwarden.yaml
+++ b/deployments/home-server/linkwarden.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: linkwarden
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: copy-linkwarden
+          image: ghcr.io/linkwarden/linkwarden:latest
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+          args:
+            - cp -r /app/. /data/  # Copy everything from the internal app dir to the mounted volume
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: linkwarden-data
+              mountPath: /data
       containers:
         - name: linkwarden
           image: ghcr.io/linkwarden/linkwarden:latest