diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
index 6f0a13839..494312fa6 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ _create_container() {
     if [[ -e /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db ]]; then
         # offline mode, for local image
         # add the db too on reboot
-        install -D -m644 /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db /archboot/var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db
+        install -D -m644 /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db "${_W_DIR}"/var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db
         if [[ "${_L_INSTALL_COMPLETE}" == "1" ]]; then
             mv /var/cache/pacman/pkg/* ${_W_DIR}/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
             "archboot-${_RUNNING_ARCH}-create-container.sh" "${_W_DIR}" -cc --install-source=file:///${_W_DIR}/var/cache/pacman/pkg >/dev/tty7 2>&1 || exit 1