diff --git a/gen-api-migrations b/gen-api-migrations
index 1c3359eb..c5d707df 100755
--- a/gen-api-migrations
+++ b/gen-api-migrations
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VERSION="$( head -1 debian/changelog | awk -F'[()-]' '{ print $2 }' )"
 
 pushd $( git rev-parse --show-toplevel ) &>/dev/null
 pushd api-daemon &>/dev/null
-export PVC_CONFIG_FILE="./pvcapid.sample.yaml"
+export PVC_CONFIG_FILE="../pvc.sample.conf"
 ./pvcapid-manage_flask.py db migrate -m "PVC version ${VERSION}"
 ./pvcapid-manage_flask.py db upgrade
 popd &>/dev/null