diff --git a/minerva_analysis/__init__.py b/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
index a9f1dbf98..74440e590 100644
--- a/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
+++ b/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 import sys
 import multiprocessing
 
-app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=Path('client/templates'), static_folder='data')
-app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///server/db.sqlite3'
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
-app.config['CLIENT_PATH'] = app.root_path + '/client/'
-
 # If you're running the pyinstaller version of the code, create a
 # new directory for the data (this will be at ~/ on mac)
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
@@ -25,6 +19,12 @@
 else:
     data_path = Path("minerva_analysis/data")
 
+app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=Path('client/templates'), static_folder='data')
+app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + str(data_path.resolve()) + '/db.sqlite3'
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+app.config['CLIENT_PATH'] = app.root_path + '/client/'
+
 config_json_path = data_path / "config.json"
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)