diff --git a/cloudbot.py b/cloudbot.py
index 4afaa11..c02d2a0 100644
--- a/cloudbot.py
+++ b/cloudbot.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 # set up enviroment
-sys.path += ['plugins', 'lib']  # add stuff to the sys.path for easy imports
+sys.path += ['plugins', 'lib', 'core']  # add stuff to the sys.path for easy imports
 os.chdir(sys.path[0] or '.')  # do stuff relative to the install directory
 
 print 'CloudBot REFRESH <http://git.io/cloudbotirc>'
diff --git a/core/db.py b/core/db.py
index 6bdf8fa..faa0c57 100755
--- a/core/db.py
+++ b/core/db.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def get_db_connection(conn, name=''):
     threadid = thread.get_ident()
     if name in threaddbs and threadid in threaddbs[name]:
         return threaddbs[name][threadid]
-    filename = os.path.join(bot.persist_dir, name)
+    filename = os.path.join(bot.data_dir, name)
 
     db = sqlite3.connect(filename, timeout=10)
     if name in threaddbs: