diff --git a/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/js/database.template b/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/js/database.template
index 08cfc683e0..63a17c3f5a 100644
--- a/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/js/database.template
+++ b/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/js/database.template
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = ({ env }) => {
         filename: path.join(
           __dirname,
           '..',
-          env('DATABASE_FILENAME', 'data.db')
+          env('DATABASE_FILENAME', '.tmp/data.db')
         ),
       },
       useNullAsDefault: true,
diff --git a/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/ts/database.template b/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/ts/database.template
index 638492157e..baa13b193c 100644
--- a/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/ts/database.template
+++ b/packages/generators/app/src/resources/templates/database-templates/ts/database.template
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default ({ env }) => {
           __dirname,
           '..',
           '..',
-          env('DATABASE_FILENAME', 'data.db')
+          env('DATABASE_FILENAME', '.tmp/data.db')
         ),
       },
       useNullAsDefault: true,