diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 1f758a967d..64b238bb6d 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -4270,7 +4270,7 @@ fi
       simcc "database-sdl"
       toolset='';
       appsdir='$(ROOTDIR)/tools/database';
-
+      rbdir="./.rockbox"
       case $uname in
           CYGWIN*|MINGW*)
               output="database_${modelname}.exe"
diff --git a/tools/database/database.c b/tools/database/database.c
index 30f1c39626..713d379c41 100644
--- a/tools/database/database.c
+++ b/tools/database/database.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* / is actually ., will get translated in io.c
      * (with the help of sim_root_dir below */
-    const char *paths[] = { "/", NULL };
+    const char *paths[] = { "./", NULL };
     tagcache_init();
     do_tagcache_build(paths);
     tagcache_reverse_scan();