diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34cab8fb..c4e2a1a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ node_modules
 /priv/static/
 
 # Mnesia DBs
-apps/*/priv/mnesia/
+/apps/*/priv/mnesia/
+/priv/mnesia/
 
 # Lock file for Brew, since the versions aren't really stable & isolated anyway
 Brewfile.lock.json
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index bddaacda..b18452be 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ config :app,
   crontab: [
   ]
 
-config :mnesia, dir: to_charlist(File.cwd!) ++ '/apps/core/priv/mnesia'
+config :mnesia, dir: to_charlist(Path.expand("./priv/mnesia"))
 
 import_config "email_styles.exs"
 import_config "admin.exs"
diff --git a/priv/.keep b/priv/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b