diff --git a/instabot/bot/bot_checkpoint.py b/instabot/bot/bot_checkpoint.py
index 69e4cf2a6..27d447688 100644
--- a/instabot/bot/bot_checkpoint.py
+++ b/instabot/bot/bot_checkpoint.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import pickle
 from datetime import datetime
 
-CHECKPOINT_PATH = "config/{fname}.checkpoint"
+CHECKPOINT_PATH = "{fname}.checkpoint"
 
 
 class Checkpoint(object):