diff --git a/gateway.go b/gateway.go
index 76958bc..82b657e 100644
--- a/gateway.go
+++ b/gateway.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func dbConnect() {
-	sqlConf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(".mysql_goconf") // Read the db config file
+	sqlConf, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/root/.mysql_goconf") // Read the db config file
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error reading MySQL config file: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1) // If we can't connect to the database there's not much point in continuing