diff --git a/egon.py b/egon.py
index 2603d5d..4ea1465 100755
--- a/egon.py
+++ b/egon.py
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ class BookModel():
 
 ## Connect to the database and return the cursor and connection
 def initDB():
-    conn = sqlite.connect('egon.db')
+    conn = sqlite.connect('.egon/egon.db')
     cursor = conn.cursor()
 
     cursor.execute('''