diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a83adc5d0e3d0..93546298d59af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ PANORAMIX_WEBSERVER_PORT = 8088
 SECRET_KEY = '\2\1thisismyscretkey\1\2\e\y\y\h'
 
 # The SQLAlchemy connection string.
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///tmp/panoramix.db'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////tmp/panoramix.db'
 
 # Flask-WTF flag for CSRF
 CSRF_ENABLED = True
diff --git a/panoramix/config.py b/panoramix/config.py
index 703b24469a352..246694748813f 100644
--- a/panoramix/config.py
+++ b/panoramix/config.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 SECRET_KEY = '\2\1thisismyscretkey\1\2\e\y\y\h'
 
 # The SQLAlchemy connection string.
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///tmp/panoramix.db'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////tmp/panoramix.db'
 # SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql://myapp@localhost/myapp'
 # SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://root:password@localhost/myapp'