diff --git a/manifests/opendsa.pp b/manifests/opendsa.pp
index 9d749703730b8da5dfa840c1ce108ce81274f69f..2c4ed51eccb17f3d848d66c0b5deb1eaa9b59983 100644
--- a/manifests/opendsa.pp
+++ b/manifests/opendsa.pp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class aes::opendsa {
   }
 
   exec { "${opendsa_home}/OpenDSA/server/main.py init_db" : 
-    cwd => "${opendsa_home}",
+    cwd => "${opendsa_home}/OpenDSA/server/",
     creates => "${opendsa_home}/OpenDSA/server/openDSA.db",
     user => "${opendsa_user}",
     group => "${opendsa_group}",