diff --git a/server/bootstrap/database_init.mjs b/server/bootstrap/database_init.mjs
index ddffb1f..48cb588 100644
--- a/server/bootstrap/database_init.mjs
+++ b/server/bootstrap/database_init.mjs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
 
 var db = null;
 
-function init({ settings: { database: { filename, options } } }) {
+function init({ root_dir, settings: { database: { filename, options } } }) {
 	db = new Database(filename, options);
-	db.exec(fs.readFileSync("../db_template.sql", "utf8"));
+	db.exec(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root_dir, "./db_template.sql"), "utf8"));
 	return db;
 }