diff --git a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
index 079e4188e11804cdbfd62d63982153ae89d21238..cce9ad25a1145f1e4e2e8fb9a3b1348b7ede7559 100644
--- a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
+++ b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import bob.io.base
 from bob.bio.base.database import CSVDatabase, FileSampleLoader
 from bob.bio.vein.database.roi_annotation import ROIAnnotation
 
-rc = UserDefaults("~/.bobrc")
+rc = UserDefaults("bobrc.toml")
 
 
 class UtfvpDatabase(CSVDatabase):
diff --git a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
index 54af332a20e722b94b8a8186cd27e76561b37d69..26ceb91dda5b685b472a2132ea71b0cf5678e429 100644
--- a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
+++ b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import bob.io.base
 
 from bob.bio.base.database import CSVDatabase, FileSampleLoader
 
-rc = UserDefaults("~/.bobrc")
+rc = UserDefaults("bobrc.toml")
 
 
 class VerafingerContactless(CSVDatabase):