diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
index 1c3bc62..f81e7c0 100644
--- a/alembic.ini
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ script_location = alembic
 # output_encoding = utf-8
 
 # SQLite URL example
-sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:////app/storage/db/db.sqlite
+sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:////projects/genericrestapiservice-w6od1p/db.sqlite
 
 [post_write_hooks]
 # post_write_hooks defines scripts or Python functions that are run
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index 727fd7a..b134d0c 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 from logging.config import fileConfig
+import sys
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Add the project root directory to Python's path
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
 
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from sqlalchemy import pool
diff --git a/app/database.py b/app/database.py
index cc76a8d..5f2bb03 100644
--- a/app/database.py
+++ b/app/database.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Create the database directory if it doesn't exist
-DB_DIR = Path("/app") / "storage" / "db"
+DB_DIR = Path("/projects/genericrestapiservice-w6od1p")
 DB_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 # Define the SQLite URL