diff --git a/compose.run.yml b/compose.run.yml
index b5c0fb8eb..daa9fe9c5 100644
--- a/compose.run.yml
+++ b/compose.run.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - NBE_NODE_API_HOST=logos-blockchain-node-0
       - NBE_NODE_API_PORT=${NODE0_API_PORT}
       - NBE_BASE_PATH=/web/explorer
-      - NBE_DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///node-data/explorer/sqlite.db
+      - NBE_DATABASE_URL=sqlite:////node-data/explorer/sqlite.db
     ports:
       - "13800:8000/tcp"
 
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/cleanup_node_data.sh b/deployment/scripts/cleanup_node_data.sh
index b6c2b5a1d..06ee84c89 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/cleanup_node_data.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/cleanup_node_data.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 rm -rf /node-data/*/state*
 rm -rf /node-data/*/logos-blockchain.log.*
 rm -rf /node-data/cfgsync
+rm -rf /node-data/explorer
 
 set -e
 
+mkdir /node-data/explorer
 mkdir /node-data/cfgsync
 cp /deployment.yaml /node-data/cfgsync/deployment-settings.yaml