diff --git a/captcha/core.py b/captcha/core.py
index d3c4a5ba..cee81fc6 100644
--- a/captcha/core.py
+++ b/captcha/core.py
@@ -161,11 +161,9 @@ async def on_member_join(self, member: discord.Member) -> None:
 
         captcha: CaptchaObj = CaptchaObj(self, width=300, height=100)
         captcha.generate(message)
-        captcha.write(message, f"{str(self.data_path)}/captchas/{member.id}.png")
+        captcha.write(message, f"{str(self.data_path)}/{member.id}.png")
 
-        captcha_file: discord.File = discord.File(
-            f"{str(self.data_path)}/captchas/{member.id}.png"
-        )
+        captcha_file: discord.File = discord.File(f"{str(self.data_path)}/{member.id}.png")
 
         message_before_captcha: str = await self.config.guild(
             member.guild
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ def check(message: discord.Message) -> bool:
 
             self._user_tries[member.id].append(temp_success_message)
 
-            os.remove(f"{str(self.data_path)}/captchas/{member.id}.png")
+            os.remove(f"{str(self.data_path)}/{member.id}.png")
 
             role_id: int = await self.config.guild(member.guild).role_after_captcha()
             role: Optional[discord.Role] = discord.utils.get(member.guild.roles, id=role_id)
@@ -326,6 +324,6 @@ async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message) -> None:
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
 
-                os.remove(f"{str(self.data_path)}/captchas/{member.id}.png")
+                os.remove(f"{str(self.data_path)}/{member.id}.png")
                 del self._user_tries[member.id]
         # fmt: on