diff --git a/backend/setup_db.py b/backend/setup_db.py
index 7690f8f..b7ff457 100644
--- a/backend/setup_db.py
+++ b/backend/setup_db.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import sqlite3
-con = sqlite3.connect('links.db')
+import os
+
+DB_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'links.db')
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
 
 # array of links to store
 links = [