diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/.env b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..773918095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SSH Access
+# SSH_USERNAME='username'
+# SSH_HOST='example.org'
+
+# UPLOADS_DIRECTORY=/var/www/api/uploads
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY='/uploads/'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
index 11fd81623..5c0b67d74 100755
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
+# import .env config
+set -o allexport
+source $(dirname "$0")/.env
+set +o allexport
+
 for var in "SSH_USERNAME" "SSH_HOST" "UPLOADS_DIRECTORY"
 do
   if [[ -z "${!var}" ]]; then
@@ -9,4 +14,4 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-rsync --archive --update --verbose ${SSH_USERNAME}@${SSH_HOST}:${UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}/ /uploads/
+rsync --archive --update --verbose ${SSH_USERNAME}@${SSH_HOST}:${UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}/ ${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}