diff --git a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
index 79f53ca..739b622 100644
--- a/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
+++ b/php/model/DatabaseArticleManager.php
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ class DatabaseArticleManager implements ArticleManagerDAO {
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        if (!file_exists("../../db/articles.db")) {
+        if (!file_exists("/db/articles.db")) {
             try {
                 $user = 'root';
                 $pw = null;
-                $dsn = 'sqlite:../../db/articles.db';
+                $dsn = 'sqlite:/db/articles.db';
                 $db = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pw);
 
                 $db->exec("