diff --git a/opentofu/locals.tf b/opentofu/locals.tf
index 0832a368..e4829f90 100644
--- a/opentofu/locals.tf
+++ b/opentofu/locals.tf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ locals {
       tags       = "woodpecker;ci;docker"
       bridge     = "v40srv"
       disk_size  = "30G"
-      storage    = ""
+      storage    = "local-zfs"
       nesting    = true
       ostemplate = "local:vztmpl/debian-12-standard_12.12-1_amd64.tar.zst"
     }
diff --git a/opentofu/woodpecker_agents.tf b/opentofu/woodpecker_agents.tf
index 4630c97a..7d3b4ba1 100644
--- a/opentofu/woodpecker_agents.tf
+++ b/opentofu/woodpecker_agents.tf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module "woodpecker_agents" {
   unprivileged = true
   tags         = join(",", compact([each.value.tags, "transient"]))
   ostemplate   = each.value.ostemplate
-  storage      = lookup(each.value, "storage", "local-zfs")
+  storage      = each.value.storage != "" ? each.value.storage : "local-zfs"
   disk_size    = each.value.disk_size
 
   ssh_public_keys = local.common_ssh_keys