diff --git a/src/process/generate_dataframes.py b/src/process/generate_dataframes.py
index 5cb0c55..9f6b498 100644
--- a/src/process/generate_dataframes.py
+++ b/src/process/generate_dataframes.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import src.globals as g
 from src.process import add_metadata as meta
 
 # raw database-search results
-bib_sample_raw_db = meta.bib_library_from_dir(g.REFERENCE_DATA)
+bib_sample_raw_db = meta.bib_library_from_dir(g.REFERENCE_DATA.joinpath("db"))
 # the complete library of sampled (and working) literature
 bib_sample = meta.bib_library_from_file(g.REFERENCE_DATA.joinpath("zotero-library.bib"))