diff --git a/playground/.env.example b/playground/.env.example
index 45327b9..43d7edd 100644
--- a/playground/.env.example
+++ b/playground/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Added by Payload
 # Database connection string
-DATABASE_URI=file:./playground.db
+DATABASE_URI=file:./db/playground.db
 # Used to encrypt JWT tokens
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=5a9a296d283d03980a3110f3
 # Used to format links and URLs
diff --git a/playground/src/payload.config.ts b/playground/src/payload.config.ts
index 0fa133e..a84d079 100644
--- a/playground/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/playground/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   }),
   db: sqliteAdapter({
     client: {
-      url: process.env.DATABASE_URI || '',
+      url: process.env.DATABASE_URI || 'file:./db/playground.db',
     },
   }),
   collections: [Pages, Posts, Media, Categories, Users],