diff --git a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
index 22a6713..2616a7c 100644
--- a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
+++ b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
 
         public static void Initialize(IConfiguration config, string? dbPath, string configFilePath, string? overrideSection = null)
         {
-            _dbPath = dbPath ?? "..\\..\\..\\tl.db";
+            _dbPath = dbPath ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dbPath));
             _configFilePath = configFilePath;
             EnsureStateTableExists();
 
diff --git a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
index f28bed6..2e2a875 100644
--- a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
+++ b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             args = filteredArgs.ToArray();
 
             string? dbPath = config["appSettings:PathDB"];
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dbPath))
-                dbPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "..", "..", "..", "tl.db");
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dbPath))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("PathDB is not configured in appsettings.json");
 
             ApiKeyPool.Initialize(config, dbPath, "appsettings.json", apiExplicitlySet ? apiSectionName : null);