diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/tdb/ContentTripleSourceTDB.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/tdb/ContentTripleSourceTDB.java
index 439cf2a63..78b8af9da 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/tdb/ContentTripleSourceTDB.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/tdb/ContentTripleSourceTDB.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class ContentTripleSourceTDB extends ContentTripleSource {
 	public void startup(Application application, ComponentStartupStatus ss) {
 		configureTDB();
 		try {
-			this.rdfService = new RDFServiceTDB(tdbPath);
+			this.rdfService = new RDFServiceTDB(resolveTdbPath(application));
 			this.rdfServiceFactory = createRDFServiceFactory();
 			this.unclosableRdfService = this.rdfServiceFactory.getRDFService();
 			this.dataset = new RDFServiceDataset(this.unclosableRdfService);
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public class ContentTripleSourceTDB extends ContentTripleSource {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String resolveTdbPath(Application application) {
+		return application.getHomeDirectory().getPath().resolve(tdbPath)
+				.toString();
+	}
+
 	private void configureTDB() {
 		TDB.getContext().setTrue(TDB.symUnionDefaultGraph);
 	}