diff --git a/components/EntityLinker.py b/components/EntityLinker.py
index 6158c4d..17c9195 100644
--- a/components/EntityLinker.py
+++ b/components/EntityLinker.py
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
 from lib.Entity import Entity
 from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
 
-
-async def entitylinkerFunc(entities: List[Entity], threshold:int=80):
+async def entitylinkerFunc(entities: List[Entity], db_path: str, threshold:int=80):
     iri_dict = {}
     linked_entities = []
-    db_path = "./Database/DB.db"
     for entity in entities:
         if entity.type == "Literal":
             linked_entities.append(EntityLinked(entity, ""))          
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e80917e..9f098e3 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 PIPELINE_C_URL = str(os.getenv("PIPELINE_C_URL"))
 PIPELINE_C_AUTHORIZATION = str(os.getenv("PIPELINE_C_AUTHORIZATION"))
 ACCESS_API_AUTHORIZATION = str(os.getenv("ACCESS_API_AUTHORIZATION"))
+DB_PATH = str(os.getenv("DB_PATH"))
 
 async def newFileCreated(file_path: str):
     try:
@@ -120,12 +121,13 @@ async def processInput(file_path: str = "Artikel.txt"):
     ents = GetSpacyData.GetEntities(doc)  # construct entities from text
 
     await Db.InitializeIndexDB(
-        "./Database/DB.db"
+        DB_PATH
     )  # makes the DB containing the entities of KG
     # Returns JSON object containing an array of entity links
 
     entLinks = await entitylinkerFunc(
-        ents
+        ents,
+        DB_PATH
     )  # Returns JSON object containing an array of entity links
 
     entsJSON = GetSpacyData.BuildJSONFromEntities(entLinks, doc, file_path)