diff --git a/model/sqlite_model.py b/model/sqlite_model.py
index 6dd0770..1918883 100644
--- a/model/sqlite_model.py
+++ b/model/sqlite_model.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import sqlite3
 from . import sqlite_sql_requests
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
-from utils import get_path_file_in_project_root
 
 
 class SqliteModel:
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ class SqliteModel:
         :return:
         """
 
-        self.db = sqlite3.connect(get_path_file_in_project_root('squads.sqlite'), check_same_thread=False)
+        self.db = sqlite3.connect('squads.sqlite', check_same_thread=False)
         self.db.row_factory = lambda c, r: dict(zip([col[0] for col in c.description], r))
 
     def close_model(self) -> None:
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index b29d6a5..97dd1d3 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import os
 import sqlite3
 import time
 from typing import Union
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import requests
 
@@ -26,20 +25,10 @@ if os.getenv("JUBILANT_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS") is not None:
         pass
 
 
-def get_path_file_in_project_root(filename: str) -> str:
-    if Path.cwd().name != 'NewSquadsMonitor':
-        file_path = Path().resolve().parent.joinpath(filename)
-
-    else:
-        file_path = filename
-
-    return file_path
-
-
 logger.debug(f'TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS = {TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS} {type(TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS)}')
 
 
-with open(get_path_file_in_project_root('available.json'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as available_file:
+with open('available.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as available_file:
     TAG_COLLECTIONS: dict = json.load(available_file)['SquadronTagData']['SquadronTagCollections']
 
 # proxy: last request time