diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
index 62b7e5087b..efc1018607 100644
--- a/authentik/root/settings.py
+++ b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ DRAMATIQ = {
         "consumer_listen_timeout": timedelta_from_string(
             CONFIG.get("worker.consumer_listen_timeout")
         ).total_seconds(),
+        "watch_folder": BASE_DIR / "authentik",
     },
     "scheduler_class": "authentik.tasks.schedules.scheduler.Scheduler",
     "schedule_model": "authentik.tasks.schedules.models.Schedule",
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
index e6bb2239cd..fab7b098bb 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class Conf:
     def worker(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {
             "use_gevent": False,
+            "watch_folder": ".",
             "watch_use_polling": False,
             "processes": None,
             "threads": None,
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/management/commands/worker.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/management/commands/worker.py
index 68f526bafb..f0b88bf1b1 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/management/commands/worker.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/management/commands/worker.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         worker = Conf().worker
         executable_name = "dramatiq-gevent" if worker["use_gevent"] else "dramatiq"
         executable_path = self._resolve_executable(executable_name)
-        watch_args = ["--watch", "."] if watch else []
+        watch_args = ["--watch", worker["watch_folder"]] if watch else []
         if watch_args and worker["watch_use_polling"]:
             watch_args.append("--watch-use-polling")