diff --git a/backend/src/viasp/server/database.py b/backend/src/viasp/server/database.py
index bc9ed4c6..0741a320 100644
--- a/backend/src/viasp/server/database.py
+++ b/backend/src/viasp/server/database.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from os.path import join, dirname, abspath
-from typing import Set, List
-from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 from functools import wraps
 from flask import session
 
@@ -17,8 +14,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from threading import get_ident as _get_ident  # type: ignore
 
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:////" + join(dirname(abspath(__file__)),
-                                               GRAPH_PATH)
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = f"sqlite:///{GRAPH_PATH}"
 
 engine = create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL)#, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})
 db_session = scoped_session(
diff --git a/backend/src/viasp/shared/defaults.py b/backend/src/viasp/shared/defaults.py
index 1d9d301a..84fb576b 100644
--- a/backend/src/viasp/shared/defaults.py
+++ b/backend/src/viasp/shared/defaults.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 LOCALES_PATH = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve() / "locales" / DEFAULT_LOCALE
 SHARED_PATH = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 GRAPH_PATH = SHARED_PATH / "viasp_graph_storage.db"
+print(f'Type of GRAPH_PATH: {type(GRAPH_PATH)}', flush=True)    
 SERVER_PATH =  pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve() / "server/"
 STATIC_PATH =  os.path.join(SERVER_PATH, "static")
 CLINGRAPH_PATH = os.path.join(STATIC_PATH, "clingraph")
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5915f466..a2082d72 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 # sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.pardir)))
 autodoc_mock_imports = [
     "clingo", "_clingo", "graphviz", "networkx", "viasp.shared",
-    "viasp.wrapper", "viasp.clingoApiClient",
-    "viasp_dash", "dash"
+    "viasp.wrapper", "viasp.clingoApiClient", "viasp_dash", "dash",
+    "viasp.server", "viasp.asp", "viasp.locales"
 ]
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------