diff --git a/bin/pdns-ingestion.py b/bin/pdns-ingestion.py
index aafb56a..e5ca3a2 100644
--- a/bin/pdns-ingestion.py
+++ b/bin/pdns-ingestion.py
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ def process_format_passivedns(line=None):
     for r in v:
         # trailing dot is removed and avoid case sensitivity
         if i == 4 or i == 6:
-            r = r[:-1]
-            r = r.lower()
+            r = r.lower().strip('.')
         # timestamp is just epoch - second precision is only required
         if i == 0:
             r = r.split('.')[0]
diff --git a/etc/redis.conf b/etc/redis.conf
index 62a6d49..0a375fa 100644
--- a/etc/redis.conf
+++ b/etc/redis.conf
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
 # The Append Only File will also be created inside this directory.
 #
 # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
-dir ../db
+dir ./db
 
 ################################# REPLICATION #################################
 
diff --git a/install_server.sh b/install_server.sh
index 453000b..2283293 100755
--- a/install_server.sh
+++ b/install_server.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fi
 python3 -m pip install -r requirements
 
 # REDIS #
+mkdir -p db
 test ! -d redis/ && git clone https://github.com/antirez/redis.git
 pushd redis/
 git checkout 5.0