diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7a222380e..245c2edba 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ func SetServerDefaults(v *viper.Viper) error {
 		v.SetDefault(param.Origin_DbLocation.GetName(), "/var/lib/pelican/origin.sqlite")
 		v.SetDefault(param.Director_GeoIPLocation.GetName(), "/var/cache/pelican/maxmind/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
 		v.SetDefault(param.Registry_DbLocation.GetName(), "/var/lib/pelican/registry.sqlite")
+		v.SetDefault(param.Director_DbLocation.GetName(), "/var/lib/pelican/director.sqlite")
 		// The lotman db will actually take this path and create the lot at /path/.lot/lotman_cpp.sqlite
 		v.SetDefault(param.Lotman_DbLocation.GetName(), "/var/lib/pelican")
 		v.SetDefault(param.Monitoring_DataLocation.GetName(), "/var/lib/pelican/monitoring/data")
@@ -980,6 +981,7 @@ func SetServerDefaults(v *viper.Viper) error {
 		v.SetDefault(param.Origin_DbLocation.GetName(), filepath.Join(configDir, "origin.sqlite"))
 		v.SetDefault(param.Director_GeoIPLocation.GetName(), filepath.Join(configDir, "maxmind", "GeoLite2-City.mmdb"))
 		v.SetDefault(param.Registry_DbLocation.GetName(), filepath.Join(configDir, "ns-registry.sqlite"))
+		v.SetDefault(param.Director_DbLocation.GetName(), filepath.Join(configDir, "director.sqlite"))
 		// Lotdb will live at <configDir>/.lot/lotman_cpp.sqlite
 		v.SetDefault(param.Lotman_DbLocation.GetName(), configDir)
 		v.SetDefault(param.Monitoring_DataLocation.GetName(), filepath.Join(configDir, "monitoring/data"))