diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index caa6f98fa..d771a4658 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ yarn.lock
 package.json
 package-lock.json
 db.json
-server/db backup.json
+db backup.json
diff --git a/server/src/app.js b/server/src/app.js
index a7882c50d..e6d4dd214 100644
--- a/server/src/app.js
+++ b/server/src/app.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { config } from './config/config.js';
 
 // init database
 import { Low, JSONFile } from 'lowdb';
+import { join } from 'path';
 
-const adapter = new JSONFile(config.database.filename);
+const file = join('data/', config.database.filename);
+const adapter = new JSONFile(file);
 export const db = new Low(adapter);
 
 // dependencies