diff --git a/src/noose/sqlite.rs b/src/noose/sqlite.rs
index 43f2b77..f471873 100644
--- a/src/noose/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/noose/sqlite.rs
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ pub struct NostrSqlite {
 
 impl NostrSqlite {
     pub async fn new(config: Arc<ServiceConfig>) -> Self {
-        let env_db_path = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap_or("/tmp/sqlite.db".to_string());
-
-        let cfg = Config::new(env_db_path);
+        let cfg = Config::new(config.get_db_path());
         let pool = cfg.create_pool(Runtime::Tokio1).unwrap();
 
         if NostrSqlite::run_migrations(&pool).await {