diff --git a/plugins/Sidebar/SidebarPlugin.py b/plugins/Sidebar/SidebarPlugin.py
index c24a0e0b..78c4f39a 100644
--- a/plugins/Sidebar/SidebarPlugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Sidebar/SidebarPlugin.py
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class UiWebsocketPlugin(object):
         if sys.platform == "linux":
             sys_db_paths += ['/usr/share/GeoIP/' + db_name]
 
-        data_dir_db_path = config.data_dir / db_name
+        data_dir_db_path = config.start_dir / db_name
 
         db_paths = sys_db_paths + [data_dir_db_path]
 
diff --git a/src/Content/ContentDb.py b/src/Content/ContentDb.py
index 5b63993d..0abd3658 100644
--- a/src/Content/ContentDb.py
+++ b/src/Content/ContentDb.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ content_dbs = {}
 
 def getContentDb(path=None):
     if not path:
-        path = config.data_dir / 'content.db'
+        path = config.start_dir / 'content.db'
     if path not in content_dbs:
         content_dbs[path] = ContentDb(path)
         content_dbs[path].init()
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index a6622432..c9f6b3d0 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def init():
     if config.action == "main":
         from util import helper
         try:
-            lock = helper.openLocked(config.data_dir / 'lock.pid', "w")
+            lock = helper.openLocked(config.start_dir / 'lock.pid', "w")
             lock.write(f"{os.getpid()}")
         except BlockingIOError as err:
             startupError(f"Can't open lock file, your 0net client is probably already running, exiting... ({err})")