diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 07611f9..7c59c89 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" == php-fpm ]; then
 	done
 	# only touch "wp-config.php" if we have environment-supplied configuration values
 	if [ "$haveConfig" ]; then
-		: "${WORDPRESS_DB_DIR:=database}"
+		: "${WORDPRESS_DB_DIR:=wp-content/database/}"
 		: "${WORDPRESS_DB_FILE:=database.sqlite}"
 
 		# version 4.4.1 decided to switch to windows line endings, that breaks our seds and awks
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ EOPHP
 			fi
 		}
 
-		set_config 'DB_DIR' "$WORDPRESS_DB_DIR"
+		set_config 'DB_DIR' "$(readlink -f $WORDPRESS_DB_DIR)" # Define an absolute path
 		set_config 'DB_FILE' "$WORDPRESS_DB_FILE"
-		set_config 'USE_MYSQL' "0" "integer"
+		set_config 'USE_MYSQL' 0 boolean
 		
 
 		for unique in "${uniqueEnvs[@]}"; do