diff --git a/plugins/URL.py b/plugins/URL.py
index a8b33821f..8f2de18bd 100644
--- a/plugins/URL.py
+++ b/plugins/URL.py
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ conf.registerChannelValue(conf.supybot.plugins.URL, 'nonSnarfingRegexp',
 class URLDB(object):
     def __init__(self, channel, log):
         self.log = log
-        dataDir = conf.supybot.directories.data()
-        self.filename = os.path.join(dataDir, '%s-URL.db' % channel)
+        self.filename = plugins.makeChannelFilename('URL.db', channel)
 
     def _getFile(self):
         try: