diff --git a/mnist_forward_forward/main.py b/mnist_forward_forward/main.py
index 25bc187b29..7b651d3083 100644
--- a/mnist_forward_forward/main.py
+++ b/mnist_forward_forward/main.py
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ def train(self, x_pos, x_neg):
         ]
     )
     train_loader = DataLoader(
-        MNIST("./data/", train=True, download=True, transform=transform), **train_kwargs
+        MNIST("../data/", train=True, download=True, transform=transform), **train_kwargs
     )
     test_loader = DataLoader(
-        MNIST("./data/", train=False, download=True, transform=transform), **test_kwargs
+        MNIST("../data/", train=False, download=True, transform=transform), **test_kwargs
     )
     net = Net([784, 500, 500])
     x, y = next(iter(train_loader))