diff --git a/core/users/app_defaults.php b/core/users/app_defaults.php
index 4c80cf2232..58874c8bf2 100644
--- a/core/users/app_defaults.php
+++ b/core/users/app_defaults.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if ($domains_processed == 1) {
 		}
 
 	//insert default password reset email template
-		if (file_exists(dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/app/email_templates')) {
+		if (file_exists(dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/core/email_templates')) {
 
 			//add the email templates to the database
 			$sql = "select count(*) as num_rows from v_email_templates ";