diff --git a/wpilibc/Athena/src/RobotBase.cpp b/wpilibc/Athena/src/RobotBase.cpp
index 2474701008..32f28b74cd 100644
--- a/wpilibc/Athena/src/RobotBase.cpp
+++ b/wpilibc/Athena/src/RobotBase.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ RobotBase::RobotBase() : m_ds(DriverStation::GetInstance()) {
   RobotBase::setInstance(this);
 
   NetworkTable::SetNetworkIdentity("Robot");
+  NetworkTable::SetPersistentFilename("/home/lvuser/networktables.ini");
 
   FILE *file = nullptr;
   file = fopen("/tmp/frc_versions/FRC_Lib_Version.ini", "w");
diff --git a/wpilibj/src/athena/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/RobotBase.java b/wpilibj/src/athena/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/RobotBase.java
index 65e1268e76..0ab3959723 100644
--- a/wpilibj/src/athena/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/RobotBase.java
+++ b/wpilibj/src/athena/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/RobotBase.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public abstract class RobotBase {
     // Resource.RestartProgram();
 
     NetworkTable.setNetworkIdentity("Robot");
+    NetworkTable.setPersistentFilename("/home/lvuser/networktables.ini");
     NetworkTable.setServerMode();// must be before b
     m_ds = DriverStation.getInstance();
     NetworkTable.getTable(""); // forces network tables to initialize