own database path

Hi, I’m using geoIp with wordpress, but I would like to be able to use the database from another directory different than the plugin one.
As wordpress donwloads GeoLiteCity.dat in uploads folder within wordpress, i would like the plugin could look for it in the uploads folder.
As I tried to change the path:

$gi = geoip_open(__DIR__ . '/geoip/GeoLiteCity.dat', GEOIP_STANDARD);

to the new one I get the error:

Warning: fopen(/blablabla/wp-content/uploads/GeoLiteCity.dat): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /blablabla/wp-content/plugins/ised/library/geoip/geoip.inc on line 386 Can not open blablabla/wp-content/uploads/GeoLiteCity.dat

Is it possible to read de database GeoLiteCity.dat form another folder than the one provided by the plugin?

Thank you very much

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