diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears-base-image/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/smartgears-base-image/defaults/main.yml
index 15cbe884..2b12f874 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears-base-image/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears-base-image/defaults/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ orchestrator_ssh_key:
 
 java_jdk: "java8-jdk" #### either java8-jdk or openjdk-8
 java_home: "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle"
-catalina_home: "{{ smartgears_user_home }}"
+catalina_home: "/usr/share/tomcat7"
 catalina_opts: "-Xmx2000m -Xms2000m -XX:MaxPermSize=512M"
 tomcat_port: 8080