diff --git a/examples/config-templates/config-all.toml b/examples/config-templates/config-all.toml
index ffa5a50..50f148f 100644
--- a/examples/config-templates/config-all.toml
+++ b/examples/config-templates/config-all.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dest_dir = "/.rusnapshot"
 # Directory to be snapshot-ed
 source_dir = "/"
 # SQLite database file PATH where snapshots metadata will be stored. Created if not exists
-database_file = "/var/lib/rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
+database_file = "/.rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
 # Prefix for the snapshots, they will be saved in the format prefix-$current_date
 snapshot_prefix = "root"
 # Snapshots identifier
diff --git a/examples/config-templates/config-home.toml b/examples/config-templates/config-home.toml
index 4a55c86..f139f97 100644
--- a/examples/config-templates/config-home.toml
+++ b/examples/config-templates/config-home.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dest_dir = "/.rusnapshot"
 # Directory to be snapshot-ed
 source_dir = "/home"
 # SQLite database file PATH where snapshots metadata will be stored. Created if not exists
-database_file = "/var/lib/rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
+database_file = "/.rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
 # Prefix for the snapshots, they will be saved in the format prefix-$current_date
 snapshot_prefix = "home"
 # Last snapshots to keep. If prefix is specified then only the snapshots with that prefix will be deleted
diff --git a/examples/config-templates/config-root.toml b/examples/config-templates/config-root.toml
index 5f63768..10e0227 100644
--- a/examples/config-templates/config-root.toml
+++ b/examples/config-templates/config-root.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dest_dir = "/.rusnapshot"
 # Directory to be snapshot-ed
 source_dir = "/"
 # SQLite database file PATH where snapshots metadata will be stored. Created if not exists
-database_file = "/var/lib/rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
+database_file = "/.rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
 # Prefix for the snapshots, they will be saved in the format prefix-$current_date
 snapshot_prefix = "root"
 # Last snapshots to keep. If prefix is specified then only the snapshots with that prefix will be deleted
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 1e9f371..43ed3dd 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct Args {
         short = 'd',
         long = "dfile",
         env = "RUSNAPSHOT_DB_FILE",
-        default_value = "/var/lib/rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
+        default_value = "/.rusnapshot/rusnapshot.db"
     )]
     pub database_file: String,
     /// Prefix for the snapshot name.