diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c5ceb562..a1b1358e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ EXPOSE 8082
 
 RUN mkdir -p /commafeed/data
 VOLUME /commafeed/data
-ENV CF_DATABASE_URL=jdbc:h2:/commafeed/data/db
 
 COPY commafeed-server/config.yml.example config.yml
 COPY commafeed-server/target/commafeed.jar .
diff --git a/commafeed-server/config.yml.example b/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
index e07e4a9c..65237812 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
+++ b/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ app:
 
 database:
   driverClass: org.h2.Driver
-  url: jdbc:h2:./db/commafeed
+  url: jdbc:h2:/commafeed/data/db
   user: sa
   password: sa
   properties: