diff --git a/src/topo_group.c b/src/topo_group.c
index 192f8d56..96e9406f 100644
--- a/src/topo_group.c
+++ b/src/topo_group.c
@@ -254,15 +254,17 @@ struct TOPO_GROUPS* topo_groups_init(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* instance) {
     g->v6_subnet_pool    = memory_pool_init(sizeof(struct TOPO_SUBNET6), "to_v6sub");
 
     if (instance->config && instance->config->global.db_path[0]) {
-        int rc = sqlite3_open(instance->config->global.db_path, &instance->topo_sqlite_db);
+        char db_file[512];
+        snprintf(db_file, sizeof(db_file), "%s/chats.db", instance->config->global.db_path);
+        int rc = sqlite3_open(db_file, &instance->topo_sqlite_db);
         if (rc == SQLITE_OK && instance->topo_sqlite_db) {
             sqlite3_exec(instance->topo_sqlite_db, "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL", NULL, NULL, NULL);
             sqlite3_exec(instance->topo_sqlite_db, "PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON", NULL, NULL, NULL);
             topo_node_sqlite_init(instance->topo_sqlite_db);
-            DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_BGP, "SQLite opened: %s", instance->config->global.db_path);
+            DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_BGP, "SQLite opened: %s", db_file);
         } else {
             DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_BGP, "sqlite3_open(%s) failed: %s",
-                        instance->config->global.db_path, instance->topo_sqlite_db ? sqlite3_errmsg(instance->topo_sqlite_db) : "null db");
+                        db_file, instance->topo_sqlite_db ? sqlite3_errmsg(instance->topo_sqlite_db) : "null db");
             if (instance->topo_sqlite_db) { sqlite3_close(instance->topo_sqlite_db); instance->topo_sqlite_db = NULL; }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
index 607df578..a3012ad0 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ int chat_core_init(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* db_path) {
     g_cc.my_node_id = inst->node_id;
 
     topo_node_sqlite_init(g_cc.db);
-    inst->topo_sqlite_db = g_cc.db;
 
     /* записать себя в nodes + local_identity с реальным node_id и именем */
     {