diff --git a/canto_deploy.yaml b/canto_deploy.yaml
index 646dca4851775aa4ac386a7fb1ccedeafea9cc59..a31f106831d582d32242024f84d2d29b3f0e973e 100644
--- a/canto_deploy.yaml
+++ b/canto_deploy.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Model::TrackModel:
     - dbi:SQLite:dbname=/data/track.sqlite3
   schema_class: Canto::TrackDB
 # filepath 
-data_directory: data
+data_directory: /data
 
 #Database to connect to - 'connect_info:' bit is the only part that needs changes on a weekly basis
 Model::ChadoModel: