diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 7a4e52c2..64ba662e 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ fi
 # Set this only after sourcing pihole-FTL.conf as the gravity database path may
 # have changed
 gravityDBfile="${GRAVITYDB}"
+gravityDBfile_default="/etc/pihole/gravity.db"
 gravityTEMPfile="${GRAVITYDB}_temp"
 gravityDIR="$(dirname -- "${gravityDBfile}")"
 gravityOLDfile="${gravityDIR}/gravity_old.db"