diff --git a/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py b/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
index 6dfa69c5..114610cd 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+import os
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlmodel import Session
 
 
-sql_url = "sqlite:///sqlite.db"
+sql_url = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(os.getenv("APP_DATA_DIRECTORY"), "fastapi.db")
 sql_engine = create_engine(sql_url, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})