diff --git a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
index 04eddf7..72de769 100644
--- a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
+++ b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DatabaseArticleManager implements ArticleManagerDAO {
         try {
             $user = 'root';
             $pw = null;
-            $dsn = 'sqlite:../../db/articles.db';
+            $dsn = 'sqlite:' . __DIR__ . '/../../db/articles.db';
             return new PDO($dsn, $user, $pw);
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             throw new InternalServerErrorException($e->getMessage());