diff --git a/.pyiron b/.pyiron
index bf7b355a78efb09a441dd75ad11a95b4a98ca5be..55d20d84d35b22fc7eeac3338e4451e036e90ff1 100644
--- a/.pyiron
+++ b/.pyiron
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 TOP_LEVEL_DIRs = ~
 PROJECT_PATHS = ~
-RESOURCE_PATHS = ~/resources
 DATABASE_FILE = ~/resources/pyiron.db
+RESOURCE_PATHS = ~/pyiron/resources:~/potentials/resources