diff --git a/src/pudl/extract/xbrl.py b/src/pudl/extract/xbrl.py
index 521e6ab7be..1288fa8878 100644
--- a/src/pudl/extract/xbrl.py
+++ b/src/pudl/extract/xbrl.py
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def xbrl2sqlite(context) -> None:
             logger.info(f"Dataset ferc{form}_xbrl is disabled, skipping")
             continue
 
-        sql_path = Path(urlparse(PudlPaths().sqlite_db(f"ferc{form.value}_xbrl")).path)
+        sql_path = Path(
+            urlparse(PudlPaths().sqlite_db(f"ferc{form.value}_xbrl")).path
+        ).resolve()
 
         if sql_path.exists():
             if clobber:
diff --git a/src/pudl/workspace/setup.py b/src/pudl/workspace/setup.py
index 188b5572c8..7cf93b3cb7 100644
--- a/src/pudl/workspace/setup.py
+++ b/src/pudl/workspace/setup.py
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ def sqlite_db(self, name: str) -> str:
         suffix. E.g. pudl, ferc1 and so on.
         """
         db_path = self.output_dir / f"{name}.sqlite"
-        return f"sqlite://{db_path}"
+        # SQLite URI has 3 slashes - 2 to separate URI scheme, 1 to separate creds
+        # sqlite://{credentials}/{db_path}
+        return f"sqlite:///{db_path}"
 
     def output_file(self, filename: str) -> Path:
         """Path to file in PUDL output directory."""