diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index 8af2338..20be0cc 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class DramaClient:
             return []
 
         db["last_processed_id"] = max(c["id"] for c in comments)
+        db.commit()
 
         # New comments may have pushed others to page n+1 while fetching.
         deduped_comments = {c["id"]: c for c in comments}.values()
diff --git a/data.py b/data.py
index 614d993..3cefd87 100644
--- a/data.py
+++ b/data.py
@@ -12,9 +12,5 @@ def load_config():
         return yaml.safe_load(f)
 
 
-def open_database():
-    return SqliteDict("db.sqlite", autocommit=True)
-
-
 config = load_config()
-db = open_database()
+db = SqliteDict(f"{config['data_dir']}/db.sqlite", autocommit=True)