diff --git a/ref-test/app/config.py b/ref-test/app/config.py
index 79b607d..48aa4f1 100644
--- a/ref-test/app/config.py
+++ b/ref-test/app/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
     SERVER_NAME = os.getenv('SERVER_NAME')
     SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f'sqlite:///{Path(DATA)}/database.db'
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f'sqlite:///{Path(os.path.abspath(f"{DATA}/database.db"))}'
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
 
     MAIL_SERVER = os.getenv('MAIL_SERVER')