diff --git a/commands/cmd_create_db.go b/commands/cmd_create_db.go
index f2972cd..a505ff3 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_create_db.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_create_db.go
@@ -284,8 +284,17 @@ func (c *CmdCreateDB) Run(vcc vclusterops.ClusterCommands) error {
 	// write db info to vcluster config file
 	err := writeConfig(&vdb, c.createDBOptions.ForceOverwriteFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		vcc.DisplayWarning("Failed to write the configuration file: %s\n", err)
+		vcc.DisplayWarning("Failed to write the configuration file: %s", err)
+		if dbOptions.ConfigPath != defaultConfigFilePath {
+			vcc.DisplayWarning("Attempting writing to default config file path: %s", defaultConfigFilePath)
+			dbOptions.ConfigPath = defaultConfigFilePath
+			err = writeConfig(&vdb, c.createDBOptions.ForceOverwriteFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				vcc.DisplayWarning("Failed to write the configuration file to default path: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
+
 	// write config parameters to vcluster config param file
 	err = c.writeConfigParam(c.createDBOptions.ConfigurationParameters, c.createDBOptions.ForceOverwriteFile)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/commands/vcluster_config.go b/commands/vcluster_config.go
index 00004b9..4547b36 100644
--- a/commands/vcluster_config.go
+++ b/commands/vcluster_config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	currentConfigFileVersion = "1.0"
 	configFilePerm           = 0644
 	rpmConfDir               = "/opt/vertica/config"
+	defaultConfigFilePath    = rpmConfDir + "/" + defConfigFileName
 )
 
 // Config is the struct of vertica_cluster.yaml
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func initConfigImpl(vclusterExePath string, ensureOptVerticaConfigExists, ensure
 			}
 			cobra.CheckErr(err)
 		} else {
-			dbOptions.ConfigPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rpmConfDir, defConfigFileName)
+			dbOptions.ConfigPath = defaultConfigFilePath
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ func (c *DatabaseConfig) write(configFilePath string, forceOverwrite bool) error
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fail to marshal configuration data, details: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	err = os.WriteFile(configFilePath, configBytes, configFilePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fail to write configuration file, details: %w", err)