diff --git a/config/plugins.d/site.conf b/config/plugins.d/site.conf
index 0dad9ff0..2fb468fe 100644
--- a/config/plugins.d/site.conf
+++ b/config/plugins.d/site.conf
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 ### `ee.cli.plugins.example` or from the file path
 ### `/var/lib/ee/plugins/example.py`
 enable_plugin = true
-db_path = sqlite:////var/lib/ee/ee.sqlite
diff --git a/ee/core/database.py b/ee/core/database.py
index 8fb0aa0f..573ee099 100644
--- a/ee/core/database.py
+++ b/ee/core/database.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from ee.core.variables import EEVariables
 
 # db_path = self.app.config.get('site', 'db_path')
-engine = create_engine('sqlite:////var/lib/ee/ee.sqlite', convert_unicode=True)
+engine = create_engine(EEVariables.ee_db_uri, convert_unicode=True)
 db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
                                          autoflush=False,
                                          bind=engine))
diff --git a/ee/core/variables.py b/ee/core/variables.py
index ade26d28..be6cb7f7 100644
--- a/ee/core/variables.py
+++ b/ee/core/variables.py
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class EEVariables():
     # Repo path
     ee_repo_file = "ee-repo.list"
     ee_repo_file_path = ("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/" + ee_repo_file)
+    basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname('/var/lib/ee/'))
+    ee_db_uri = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'ee.db')
 
     def __init__(self):
         pass