diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/app/globals.css b/cognee-frontend/src/app/globals.css
index 59f8356f3..7179f07b6 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/app/globals.css
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "Fira Mono", "Droid Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace;
 
   --global-background-default: #0D051C;
+  --textarea-default-color: #0D051C !important;
 }
 
 * {
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/app/wizard/CognifyStep/CognifyStep.tsx b/cognee-frontend/src/app/wizard/CognifyStep/CognifyStep.tsx
index 899cf70ae..21100cbf2 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/app/wizard/CognifyStep/CognifyStep.tsx
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/app/wizard/CognifyStep/CognifyStep.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { CTAButton, Spacer, Stack, Text, useBoolean } from 'ohmy-ui';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { CTAButton, Stack, Text, useBoolean } from 'ohmy-ui';
 import { Divider } from '@/ui/Layout';
-import { CognifyLoadingIndicator, LoadingIndicator } from '@/ui/App';
-import { getExplorationGraphUrl } from '@/modules/exploration';
+import { CognifyLoadingIndicator } from '@/ui/App';
 import { WizardHeading } from '@/ui/Partials/Wizard';
 import cognifyDataset from '@/modules/datasets/cognifyDataset';
 
@@ -16,9 +15,14 @@ export default function CognifyStep({ onNext, dataset }: ConfigStepProps) {
     value: isCognifyRunning,
     setFalse: stopCognifyIndicator,
   } = useBoolean(true);
+  const cognifyPromise = useRef<Promise<void>>()
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    cognifyDataset(dataset)
+    if (cognifyPromise.current) {
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    cognifyPromise.current = cognifyDataset(dataset)
       .then(() => {
         stopCognifyIndicator();        
       });
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/modules/exploration/getExplorationGraphUrl.ts b/cognee-frontend/src/modules/exploration/getExplorationGraphUrl.ts
index 828c5a736..aa83b1520 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/modules/exploration/getExplorationGraphUrl.ts
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/modules/exploration/getExplorationGraphUrl.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 export default function getExplorationGraphUrl(dataset: { id: string }) {
   return fetch(`http://0.0.0.0:8000/datasets/${dataset.id}/graph`)
+      .then(async (response) => {
+        if (response.status !== 200) {
+          throw new Error((await response.text()).replaceAll("\"", ""));
+        }
+        return response;
+      })
       .then((response) => response.text())
       .then((text) => text.replace('"', ''));
 }
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index 51bfecae1..ea50a726a 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
-import { Spacer, Stack } from 'ohmy-ui';
+import { Spacer, Stack, Text } from 'ohmy-ui';
 import { getExplorationGraphUrl } from '@/modules/exploration';
 import { IFrameView, SearchView } from '@/ui/Partials';
 import { LoadingIndicator } from '@/ui/App';
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ interface ExplorerProps {
 }
 
 export default function Explorer({ dataset, className, style }: ExplorerProps) {
+  const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
   const [graphUrl, setGraphUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   const exploreData = useCallback(() => {
     getExplorationGraphUrl(dataset)
       .then((graphUrl) => {
+        setError(null);
         setGraphUrl(graphUrl);
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        setError(error);
       });
   }, [dataset]);
   
@@ -34,12 +39,18 @@ export default function Explorer({ dataset, className, style }: ExplorerProps) {
       className={classNames(styles.explorerContent, className)}
     >
       <div className={styles.graphExplorer}>
-        {!graphUrl ? (
-          <Spacer horizontal="2" wrap>
-            <LoadingIndicator />
-          </Spacer>
+        {error ? (
+          <Text color="red">{error.message}</Text>
         ) : (
-          <IFrameView src={graphUrl} />
+          <>
+            {!graphUrl ? (
+              <Spacer horizontal="2" wrap>
+                <LoadingIndicator />
+              </Spacer>
+            ) : (
+              <IFrameView src={graphUrl} />
+            )}
+          </>
         )}
       </div>
       <div className={styles.chat}>
diff --git a/cognee/api/client.py b/cognee/api/client.py
index 6e2aa86e1..94fb259be 100644
--- a/cognee/api/client.py
+++ b/cognee/api/client.py
@@ -69,12 +69,9 @@ async def delete_dataset(dataset_id: str):
 @app.get("/datasets/{dataset_id}/graph", response_model=list)
 async def get_dataset_graph(dataset_id: str):
     from cognee.shared.utils import render_graph
-    from cognee.infrastructure.databases.graph import get_graph_config
     from cognee.infrastructure.databases.graph.get_graph_client import get_graph_client
 
     try:
-        # graph_config = get_graph_config()
-        # graph_engine = graph_config.graph_engine
         graph_client = await get_graph_client()
         graph_url = await render_graph(graph_client.graph)
 
@@ -261,6 +258,7 @@ def start_api_server(host: str = "0.0.0.0", port: int = 8000):
         from cognee.base_config import get_base_config
         from cognee.infrastructure.databases.relational import get_relationaldb_config
         from cognee.infrastructure.databases.vector import get_vectordb_config
+        from cognee.infrastructure.databases.graph import get_graph_config
 
         cognee_directory_path = os.path.abspath(".cognee_system")
         databases_directory_path = os.path.join(cognee_directory_path, "databases")
@@ -272,6 +270,9 @@ def start_api_server(host: str = "0.0.0.0", port: int = 8000):
         vector_config = get_vectordb_config()
         vector_config.vector_db_url = os.path.join(databases_directory_path, "cognee.lancedb")
 
+        graph_config = get_graph_config()
+        graph_config.graph_file_path = os.path.join(databases_directory_path, "cognee.graph")
+
         base_config = get_base_config()
         data_directory_path = os.path.abspath(".data_storage")
         base_config.data_root_directory = data_directory_path
diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/graph/config.py b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/graph/config.py
index 9baea6d24..d20d997eb 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/graph/config.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/graph/config.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import os
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
-from cognee.infrastructure.databases.relational.config import get_relationaldb_config
-from cognee.shared.data_models import GraphDBType, KnowledgeGraph
+from cognee.shared.data_models import KnowledgeGraph
+from cognee.root_dir import get_absolute_path
 
 
 class GraphConfig(BaseSettings):
@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ class GraphConfig(BaseSettings):
     graph_database_password: str = ""
     graph_database_port: int = 123
     graph_file_path: str = os.path.join(
-        get_relationaldb_config().db_path, graph_filename
+        os.path.join(get_absolute_path(".cognee_system"), "databases"),
+        graph_filename
     )
-    # graph_engine: object = GraphDBType.NETWORKX
     graph_model: object = KnowledgeGraph
     graph_topology_task: bool = False
     graph_topology: object = KnowledgeGraph
     infer_graph_topology: bool = True
     topology_file_path: str = os.path.join(
-        get_relationaldb_config().db_path, "graph_topology.json"
+        os.path.join(get_absolute_path(".cognee_system"), "databases"),
+        "graph_topology.json"
     )
 
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env", extra="allow")
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ class GraphConfig(BaseSettings):
             "graph_database_username": self.graph_database_username,
             "graph_database_password": self.graph_database_password,
             "graph_database_port": self.graph_database_port,
-            # "graph_engine": self.graph_engine,
             "infer_graph_topology": self.infer_graph_topology,
         }