diff --git a/examples/rag/.gitignore b/examples/rag/.gitignore
index fa9f93bb..18749f1c 100644
--- a/examples/rag/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/rag/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .symfony-docs/
+.sqlite/
diff --git a/examples/rag/sqlite.php b/examples/rag/sqlite.php
index cfb11ff2..b18f9e7c 100644
--- a/examples/rag/sqlite.php
+++ b/examples/rag/sqlite.php
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ use Symfony\Component\Uid\Uuid;
 require_once dirname(__DIR__).'/bootstrap.php';
 
 // initialize the store — file-based SQLite for persistence
-$pdo = new PDO('sqlite:'.__DIR__.'/var/vectors.db');
+if (!is_dir(__DIR__.'/.sqlite')) {
+    mkdir(__DIR__.'/.sqlite', 0777, true);
+}
+$pdo = new PDO('sqlite:'.__DIR__.'/.sqlite/vectors.db');
 $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
 $store = new Store($pdo, 'movies');
 $store->setup();