diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 185ff03..50ca5a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ GeoLite2-City.tar.gz
 .idea/
 .idea/*
 varken.ini
+data/
diff --git a/Varken/helpers.py b/Varken/helpers.py
index fea68b1..d655474 100644
--- a/Varken/helpers.py
+++ b/Varken/helpers.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def geoip_download():
     for files in tar.getmembers():
         if 'GeoLite2-City.mmdb' in files.name:
             files.name = os.path.basename(files.name)
-            tar.extract(files, '{}/'.format(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+            tar.extract(files, abspath(join('..', 'data')))
     os.remove(tar_dbfile)
 
 def geo_lookup(ipaddress):