diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 7c64140b8..e60446df4 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exports.dbType = "dirty";
 /**
  * This setting is passed with dbType to ueberDB to set up the database
  */
-exports.dbSettings = { "filename" : path.join(exports.root, "var/dirty.db") };
+exports.dbSettings = { "filename" : path.join(exports.root, "dirty.db") };
 /**
  * The default Text of a new pad
  */