diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 81beef864..f4cf75220 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ COPY ironic-config/apache2-ipxe.conf.j2 /etc/httpd-ipxe.conf.j2
 
 # DATABASE
 RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/ironic && \
-  sqlite3 /var/lib/ironic/ironic.db "pragma journal_mode=wal" && \
+  sqlite3 /var/lib/ironic/ironic.sqlite "pragma journal_mode=wal" && \
   dnf remove -y sqlite
 
 # configure non-root user and set relevant permissions
diff --git a/configure-nonroot.sh b/configure-nonroot.sh
index 39cd157fe..a2e119b0e 100755
--- a/configure-nonroot.sh
+++ b/configure-nonroot.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ chmod 664 /etc/ironic/* /etc/httpd/conf/* /etc/httpd/conf.d/*
 
 chown -R root:"${IRONIC_GROUP}" /var/lib/ironic
 chmod 2775 /var/lib/ironic
-chmod 664 /var/lib/ironic/ironic.db
+chmod 664 /var/lib/ironic/ironic.sqlite
 
 # dnsmasq, and the capabilities required to run it as non-root user
 chown -R root:"${IRONIC_GROUP}" /etc/dnsmasq.conf /var/lib/dnsmasq