diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b729ebb..1fd8c70 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 var defaultRSS = "https://nomad.wntrmute.net/u/kyle.rss"
 
 func defaultPath(file string) string {
-	return filepath.Join("/perm", "nlink", file)
+	return filepath.Join("/etc", "nlink", file)
 }
 
 func fetchItems(db *nomad.DB, markOnly bool) error {
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ func fetchItems(db *nomad.DB, markOnly bool) error {
 		}
 
 		tx.Commit()
-		return err
+
+		if err := restoreDatabase(config.Get("local_database")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	client := woodstock.NewClient(config.Get("pnut_id"), config.Get("pnut_secret"))
@@ -65,6 +70,10 @@ func fetchItems(db *nomad.DB, markOnly bool) error {
 		err = db.Mark(nil, item)
 	}
 
+	if err := restoreDatabase(config.Get("local_database")); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +105,10 @@ func main() {
 		die.If(err)
 	}
 
+	if err := restoreDatabase(config.Get("local_database")); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	log.Debugf("loading config file %s", configFile)
 	if err := config.LoadFile(configFile); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)