diff --git a/cw_core/lib/db/sqlite.dart b/cw_core/lib/db/sqlite.dart
index fdd589210..9e5c03f15 100644
--- a/cw_core/lib/db/sqlite.dart
+++ b/cw_core/lib/db/sqlite.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:cw_core/root_dir.dart';
 import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/sqflite_ffi.dart';
 
 late Database db; 
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ Future<void> initDb({String? pathOverride}) async {
   if (Platform.isLinux || Platform.isWindows) { 
     databaseFactory = databaseFactoryFfi;
   }
+  if (Platform.isWindows) {
+    pathOverride ??= "${(await getAppDir()).path}/cake.db";
+  }
   db = await openDatabase(
     pathOverride ?? "cake.db",
     version: 1,
@@ -116,4 +120,4 @@ Future<Map<String, dynamic>> _dumpDb() async {
     ret[tableName] = await db.query(tableName);
   }
   return ret;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}