diff --git a/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-ds.yaml b/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-ds.yaml
index 12464bc..8c35ce5 100644
--- a/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-ds.yaml
+++ b/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-ds.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ spec:
       - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
       volumes:
       - name: beszel-agent-data
-        persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: beszel-agent-pvc
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/beszel-data
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
       - name: containerd
         hostPath:
           path: /var/snap/microk8s/common/run/containerd.sock
diff --git a/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-pvc.yaml b/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-pvc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ace4ed..0000000
--- a/beszel/manifests/beszel-agent-pvc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-metadata:
-  name: beszel-agent-pvc
-spec:
-  accessModes:
-  - ReadWriteOnce
-  storageClassName: microk8s-hostpath # to work also on the master node without longhorn
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: 1Gi
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diff --git a/beszel/manifests/kustomization.yaml b/beszel/manifests/kustomization.yaml
index afa00e5..4dd0a9a 100644
--- a/beszel/manifests/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/beszel/manifests/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ resources:
 - beszel-hub-dpl.yaml
 - beszel-hub-svc.yaml
 - beszel-hub-ingress.yaml
-- beszel-agent-pvc.yaml
 - beszel-agent-ds.yaml
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