diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5085a1b..b8beef6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ cython_debug/
 
 # custom
 env.sh
-persistance/database.db
+persistence/database.db
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ad6e4e7..f8d3360 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
     apt-get install git build-essential libffi-dev libssl-dev openssl --no-install-recommends -y \
     && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-VOLUME persistance
+VOLUME persistence
 
 CMD [ "python3", "-m" , "sanic", "app:app", "--fast", "--access-logs", "--motd", "--noisy-exceptions", "-H", "0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/data/database.py b/data/database.py
index 44619af..ad93c56 100644
--- a/data/database.py
+++ b/data/database.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
-engine = create_engine("sqlite:///persistance/database.db", pool_size=20)
+engine = create_engine("sqlite:///persistence/database.db", pool_size=20)
 
 Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)