diff --git a/mealie/core/config.py b/mealie/core/config.py
index b74e62a67..94c916bea 100644
--- a/mealie/core/config.py
+++ b/mealie/core/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import dotenv
 from pydantic import BaseSettings, Field, validator
 
 APP_VERSION = "v0.5.0beta"
-DB_VERSION = "v0.5.0"
 
 CWD = Path(__file__).parent
 BASE_DIR = CWD.parent.parent
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ app_dirs = AppDirectories(CWD, DATA_DIR)
 
 
 def determine_sqlite_path() -> str:
-    db_path = app_dirs.DATA_DIR.joinpath("db", "mealie.db")
+    db_path = app_dirs.DATA_DIR.joinpath("mealie.db")
     return "sqlite:///" + str(db_path.absolute())
 
 
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/db_session.py b/mealie/db/models/db_session.py
index 94efaaa72..66db57464 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/db_session.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/db_session.py
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
 
 def sql_global_init(db_url: str):
-    thread_safe = True
+    connect_args = {}
     if "sqlite" in db_url:
-        thread_safe = False
+        connect_args["check_same_thread"] = False
 
     engine = sa.create_engine(
         db_url,
         echo=False,
-        connect_args={"check_same_thread": thread_safe},
+        connect_args=connect_args,
     )
 
     return sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)