diff --git a/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs b/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
index cae8357..0fb4b4d 100644
--- a/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
+++ b/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl DataStore {
             _preview_cache: Default::default(),
         };
 
-        let metadata_file = metadata_file::MetadataFile::load(base_dir)?;
+        let metadata_file = metadata_file::MetadataFile::load(&store.index_file_path())?;
 
         for texture in metadata_file.textures.iter() {
             match store.insert(texture.clone()) {