diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/executor/persistence/JDBCPersistenceConnector.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/executor/persistence/JDBCPersistenceConnector.java
index 232f013..f80fdc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/executor/persistence/JDBCPersistenceConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/executor/persistence/JDBCPersistenceConnector.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
 import org.gcube.vremanagement.executor.plugin.PluginState;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -58,9 +60,17 @@ public class JDBCPersistenceConnector extends PersistenceConnector {
 	 
 		
 		try {
-			Path currentAbsolutePath = Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath().normalize();
-			logger.debug(String.format("Current Absolute Path : %s",currentAbsolutePath));
-			String effectiveJDBCURL = String.format("%s%s/%s", jdbcURL, currentAbsolutePath.toString(), dbName);
+			String path = ".";
+			ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get();
+			if(ctx == null){
+				Path currentAbsolutePath = Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+				logger.debug(String.format("Current Absolute Path : %s",currentAbsolutePath));
+				path = currentAbsolutePath.toString();
+			}else {
+				path = ctx.application().getContextPath();
+			}
+			String effectiveJDBCURL = String.format("%s%s/%s", jdbcURL, path, dbName);
+			logger.debug(String.format("DB URL : %s", effectiveJDBCURL));
 			connection = DriverManager.getConnection(effectiveJDBCURL, username, password);
 		} catch (SQLException e) {
 			logger.error(String.format("Unable to connect to JDBC URL : %s", jdbcURL));