diff --git a/include/bank.hpp b/include/bank.hpp
index 0680035..bf2bc9d 100644
--- a/include/bank.hpp
+++ b/include/bank.hpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public:
         Json::StreamWriterBuilder builder;
         const std::unique_ptr<Json::StreamWriter> writer(builder.newStreamWriter());
 
-        std::ofstream user_save("users.json");
+        std::ofstream user_save("../users.json");
         Json::Value temp;
 
         //loading info into json temp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public:
         Json::CharReaderBuilder builder;
 
         Json::Value temp;
-        std::ifstream user_save("users.json");
+        std::ifstream user_save("../users.json");
         builder["collectComments"] = true;
         JSONCPP_STRING errs;
         if (!parseFromStream(builder, user_save, &temp, &errs))