diff --git a/exec/load/json-db.js b/exec/load/json-db.js
index 2b07022a3635e5ce45302f3b4a7585e5e8d6beec..dd4781ead1a08d8c48fde68932efe6e05af8d085 100644
--- a/exec/load/json-db.js
+++ b/exec/load/json-db.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function JSONdb (fileName, scope) {
 	/* database settings */
 	this.settings={
 		/* misc settings */
-		FILE:system.data_dir + "json-db.ini",
+		FILE:system.ctrl_dir + "json-db.ini",
 		FILE_BUFFER:524288,
 		LAST_SAVE:-1,
 		SAVE_INTERVAL:-1,