diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
index 968938c..cd757ca 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ with pkgs . kernelmaft ;
 
 					# 'initdb' fails harmlessly if it has been run on the database before
 					ExecStartPre=${coreutils-full}/bin/ln -sf ${bookwyrm}/var/lib/bookwyrm/VERSION /var/lib/bookwyrm/
+					ExecStartPre=mkdir -p /var/lib/bookwyrm/images
 					ExecStartPre=${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm-env ${python311}/bin/python ${bookwyrm}/lib/python3.11/manage.py migrate
 					ExecStartPre=-${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm-env ${python311}/bin/python ${bookwyrm}/lib/python3.11/manage.py initdb
 					ExecStart=${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm-env ${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm
diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 442445c..b993abb 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ mkDerivation {
 		domain = "kernelmaft.com/forgejo" ;
 		owner = "zedfrigg" ;
 		repo = "bookwyrm" ;
-		rev = "984b9b08fc1219be5581e339c00d51d7f956fc3f" ;
-		hash = "sha256-mhULkMLm4g+J/UoPWRpoh0CXcFQ4MhkP0xKJvTzJVSM=" ;
+		rev = "229a035a2be1811123b5afcb035fab61d13f0a47" ;
+		hash = "sha256-0pwszQwx/RsCv3pxGifyAEpzXfTBiwOOt+h3pZuN3Bk=" ;
 	} ;
 
 	dontPatch = true ;
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ mkDerivation {
 			export PYTHONPATH=$out/lib/python3.11/site-packages
 
 			export DEBUG=false
-			export REDIS_ACTIVITY_URL=unix:///run/redis-bookwyrm-activity/redis.sock
-			export REDIS_BROKER_URL=unix:///run/redis-bookwyrm-broker/redis.sock
 			export STATIC_ROOT_ABS=$out/srv/http
 
 			exec \$@