diff --git a/k8s/infrastructure/minio/minio-policy-job.yaml b/k8s/infrastructure/minio/minio-policy-job.yaml
index c438ffb..5ff2d21 100644
--- a/k8s/infrastructure/minio/minio-policy-job.yaml
+++ b/k8s/infrastructure/minio/minio-policy-job.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ spec:
 
               echo "ollama policy configured"
           env:
+            # mc writes its config to $HOME/.mc; runAsUser 1000 has HOME=/ which
+            # isn't writable, so `mc alias set` failed on `mkdir /.mc` and the
+            # wait-loop spun forever. Point HOME at the always-writable /tmp.
+            - name: HOME
+              value: /tmp
             - name: ROOT_USER
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef: