diff --git a/mealie/db/db_setup.py b/mealie/db/db_setup.py
index bf7e82a87..cd0b4d6d7 100644
--- a/mealie/db/db_setup.py
+++ b/mealie/db/db_setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-from app_config import SQLITE_DIR, USE_MONGO, USE_SQL
+from app_config import DATA_DIR, SQLITE_DIR, USE_MONGO, USE_SQL
 
 from db.sql.db_session import globa_init as sql_global_init
 
 if USE_SQL:
-    db_file = SQLITE_DIR.joinpath("mealie.sqlite")
+    db_file = DATA_DIR.joinpath("mealie.sqlite")
     sql_global_init(db_file)
 
 elif USE_MONGO: