diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 2938887..9459f42 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 DATA_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("PAGEPIPER_DATA_DIR", "data"))
+DATA_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 DB_PATH = str(DATA_DIR / "pagepiper.db")
 VEC_DB_PATH = str(DATA_DIR / "pagepiper_vecs.db")
 WATCH_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("PAGEPIPER_WATCH_DIR", "books"))
@@ -16,12 +17,14 @@ def get_llm_config() -> dict | None:
     url = os.environ.get("PAGEPIPER_OLLAMA_URL", "").strip()
     if not url:
         return None
+    _clean = url.rstrip("/")
+    _base_url = _clean if _clean.endswith("/v1") else _clean + "/v1"
     return {
         "fallback_order": ["ollama"],
         "backends": {
             "ollama": {
                 "type": "openai_compat",
-                "base_url": url.rstrip("/") + "/v1",
+                "base_url": _base_url,
                 "model": os.environ.get("PAGEPIPER_CHAT_MODEL", "mistral:7b"),
                 "embedding_model": os.environ.get(
                     "PAGEPIPER_EMBED_MODEL", "nomic-embed-text"
diff --git a/tests/test_db_migrate.py b/tests/test_db_migrate.py
index 445969e..3e1128f 100644
--- a/tests/test_db_migrate.py
+++ b/tests/test_db_migrate.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import pytest
 
 def test_migration_creates_documents_table(tmp_path):
     db_path = str(tmp_path / "test.db")
-    schema = Path("migrations/001_initial_schema.sql").read_text()
+    schema = (
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent / "migrations/001_initial_schema.sql"
+    ).read_text()
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
     conn.executescript(schema)
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ def test_migration_creates_documents_table(tmp_path):
 
 def test_documents_table_has_required_columns(tmp_path):
     db_path = str(tmp_path / "test.db")
-    schema = Path("migrations/001_initial_schema.sql").read_text()
+    schema = (
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent / "migrations/001_initial_schema.sql"
+    ).read_text()
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
     conn.executescript(schema)
@@ -47,7 +51,9 @@ def test_documents_table_has_required_columns(tmp_path):
 
 def test_page_chunks_foreign_key_cascades(tmp_path):
     db_path = str(tmp_path / "test.db")
-    schema = Path("migrations/001_initial_schema.sql").read_text()
+    schema = (
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent / "migrations/001_initial_schema.sql"
+    ).read_text()
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
     conn.executescript(schema)