diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/duckdb/DuckDBAdapter.py b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/duckdb/DuckDBAdapter.py
index 71b8b8379..d5ea8e858 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/duckdb/DuckDBAdapter.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/duckdb/DuckDBAdapter.py
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import duckdb
 
 class DuckDBAdapter():
     def __init__(self, db_path: str, db_name: str):
+        if db_path is None:
+            db_path = "/Users/runner/work/cognee/cognee/.cognee_system"
+        if db_name is None:
+            db_name = "cognee.db"
+
         db_location = db_path + "/" + db_name
 
         self.get_connection = lambda: duckdb.connect(db_location)