diff --git a/.env-transcribe-sample b/.env-transcribe-sample
index 433508f0c5..eb715fed33 100644
--- a/.env-transcribe-sample
+++ b/.env-transcribe-sample
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ QUEUE_RETRY_COUNT=2
 QUEUE_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL=30000
 
 HTR_CLI_DOCKER_IMAGE=joplin/htr-cli:0.0.2
-# Fullpath to images folder
-HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER=/home/user/joplin/packages/transcribe/images
+# Fullpath to images folder e.g.:
+#HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER=/home/user/joplin/packages/transcribe/images
+HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER=
 
 QUEUE_DRIVER=pg
 # QUEUE_DRIVER=sqlite
diff --git a/packages/transcribe/entrypoint.sh b/packages/transcribe/entrypoint.sh
index 302ab99e3b..0af09ab48c 100755
--- a/packages/transcribe/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/packages/transcribe/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ ! -f "/images/$1" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Image file /images/$1 does not exist."
+    echo "Error: Image file /images/$1 does not exist. Check if HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER environment variable is set correctly."
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/packages/transcribe/src/api/app.ts b/packages/transcribe/src/api/app.ts
index 8cf82f4f5e..000bce7d01 100644
--- a/packages/transcribe/src/api/app.ts
+++ b/packages/transcribe/src/api/app.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const init = async () => {
 
 const checkServerConfigurations = (envVariables: EnvVariables) => {
 	if (!envVariables.API_KEY) throw Error('API_KEY environment variable not set.');
+	if (!envVariables.HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER) throw Error('HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER environment variable not set. This should point to a folder where images will be stored.');
 };
 
 const main = async () => {
diff --git a/packages/transcribe/src/env.ts b/packages/transcribe/src/env.ts
index c8034b13bd..5d147b64b0 100644
--- a/packages/transcribe/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/transcribe/src/env.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const defaultEnvValues: EnvVariables = {
 	QUEUE_RETRY_COUNT: 2,
 	QUEUE_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL: 60000,
 	HTR_CLI_DOCKER_IMAGE: 'joplin/htr-cli:0.0.2',
-	HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER: '/home/js/joplin/packages/transcribe/images',
+	HTR_CLI_IMAGES_FOLDER: '',
 	QUEUE_DRIVER: 'pg', // 'sqlite'
 	QUEUE_DATABASE_PASSWORD: '',
 	QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: '',
diff --git a/packages/transcribe/src/workers/JobProcessor.ts b/packages/transcribe/src/workers/JobProcessor.ts
index cce5f541e6..5b19e291a2 100644
--- a/packages/transcribe/src/workers/JobProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/transcribe/src/workers/JobProcessor.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default class JobProcessor {
 		try {
 			await this.checkForJobs();
 		} catch (error) {
-			logger.error(`Error while processing job: ${this.currentJob}`, error);
+			logger.error(`Error while processing job: ${this.currentJob?.id}`, error);
 			const e = error as Error;
 			if (this.currentJob) {
 				await this.queue.fail(this.currentJob.id, e);