diff --git a/config-docker.json b/config-docker.json
index db72f642..7bee5dfc 100644
--- a/config-docker.json
+++ b/config-docker.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "output": "pythagora.log"
   },
   "db": {
-    "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///pythagora.db",
+    "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///data/database/pythagora.db",
     "debug_sql": false
   },
   "ui": {
diff --git a/core/config/__init__.py b/core/config/__init__.py
index 0191610c..4e142368 100644
--- a/core/config/__init__.py
+++ b/core/config/__init__.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class DBConfig(_StrictModel):
     """
 
     url: str = Field(
-        "sqlite+aiosqlite:///pythagora.db",
+        "sqlite+aiosqlite:///data/database/pythagora.db",
         description="Database connection URL",
     )
     debug_sql: bool = Field(False, description="Log all SQL queries to the console")
diff --git a/data/database/.gitkeep b/data/database/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/example-config.json b/example-config.json
index b6c00729..1d66c475 100644
--- a/example-config.json
+++ b/example-config.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   // Database to use. Pythagora uses asyncio so asyncio-compatible database engine should be specified.
   // If "debug_sql" is set to True, all SQL queries will be logged.
   "db": {
-    "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///pythagora.db",
+    "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///data/database/pythagora.db",
     "debug_sql": false
   },
   "ui": {
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli.py b/tests/cli/test_cli.py
index 42e6f6c5..a30ccb0e 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_load_config_defaults(tmp_path):
     config = load_config(MagicMock(config=config_file, level=None, database=None, local_ipc_port=None))
 
     assert config.log.level == "DEBUG"
-    assert config.db.url == "sqlite+aiosqlite:///pythagora.db"
+    assert config.db.url == "sqlite+aiosqlite:///data/database/pythagora.db"
     assert config.ui.type == "plain"