diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-assets.yml b/.github/workflows/test-assets.yml
index 3b3a7c73f..ef80fc48a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-assets.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - 'app/**'
-      - 'alembic_db/**'
       - 'tests-assets/**'
       - '.github/workflows/test-assets.yml'
       - 'requirements.txt'
diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
index 12f18712f..360efd386 100644
--- a/alembic.ini
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [alembic]
 # path to migration scripts
 # Use forward slashes (/) also on windows to provide an os agnostic path
-script_location = alembic_db
+script_location = app/alembic_db
 
 # template used to generate migration file names; The default value is %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
 # Uncomment the line below if you want the files to be prepended with date and time
diff --git a/alembic_db/README.md b/app/alembic_db/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic_db/README.md
rename to app/alembic_db/README.md
diff --git a/alembic_db/env.py b/app/alembic_db/env.py
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic_db/env.py
rename to app/alembic_db/env.py
diff --git a/alembic_db/script.py.mako b/app/alembic_db/script.py.mako
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic_db/script.py.mako
rename to app/alembic_db/script.py.mako
diff --git a/alembic_db/versions/0001_assets.py b/app/alembic_db/versions/0001_assets.py
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic_db/versions/0001_assets.py
rename to app/alembic_db/versions/0001_assets.py
diff --git a/app/database/db.py b/app/database/db.py
index 82c9cc737..54f9000cc 100644
--- a/app/database/db.py
+++ b/app/database/db.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ SESSION: Optional[async_sessionmaker] = None
 
 def _root_paths():
     """Resolve alembic.ini and migrations script folder."""
-    root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
-    config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root_path, "alembic.ini"))
-    scripts_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root_path, "alembic_db"))
+    root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root_path, "../../alembic.ini"))
+    scripts_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root_path, "../alembic_db"))
     return config_path, scripts_path