diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/data/ClientConfig.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/data/ClientConfig.java
index f0789e2..613b970 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/data/ClientConfig.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/data/ClientConfig.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package envoy.client.data;
 
 import static java.util.function.Function.identity;
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 import envoy.data.Config;
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ public final class ClientConfig extends Config {
 		super(".envoy");
 		put("server", "s", identity());
 		put("port", "p", Integer::parseInt);
-		put("localDB", "db", File::new);
 		put("localDBSaveInterval", "db-si", Integer::parseInt);
 	}
 
@@ -50,12 +47,6 @@ public final class ClientConfig extends Config {
 	 */
 	public Integer getPort() { return (Integer) items.get("port").get(); }
 
-	/**
-	 * @return the local database specific to the client user
-	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-alpha
-	 */
-	public File getLocalDB() { return (File) items.get("localDB").get(); }
-
 	/**
 	 * @return the amount of minutes after which the local database should be saved
 	 * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
index 012cc00..448a764 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ public final class Startup extends Application {
 
 		// Initialize the local database
 		try {
-			final var localDBDir = new File(config.getHomeDirectory(), config.getLocalDB().getPath());
-			logger.info("Initializing LocalDB at " + localDBDir);
-			localDB = new LocalDB(localDBDir);
+			logger.info("Initializing LocalDB at " + config.getHomeDirectory());
+			localDB = new LocalDB(config.getHomeDirectory());
 		} catch (IOException | EnvoyException e) {
 			logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not initialize local database: ", e);
 			new Alert(AlertType.ERROR, "Could not initialize local database!\n" + e).showAndWait();