diff --git a/groundStation/src/backend/config.h b/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
index 9bb8e09831faeabe25abc39e676a4c07452cb800..38bf5611a009380597fd44732d995bb65535e75a 100644
--- a/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
+++ b/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
 
-#define DEFAULT_SOCKET "/var/run/ucart.socket"
+#define DEFAULT_SOCKET "./ucart.socket"
 #define SOCKET_ENV "UCART_SOCKET"
 #define NOQUAD_ENV "UCART_NO_QUAD"
 #define NOVRPN_ENV "UCART_NO_VRPN"