diff --git a/server/typescript/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/server/typescript/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index 5fc977683..be08f2d13 100644
--- a/server/typescript/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/server/typescript/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {
 } from "@metaobjectsdev/codegen-ts/generators";
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  outDir:    "./src/db",
+  outDir:    "src/generated",
   extStyle:  "none",
   dbImport:  "../db",
   dialect:   "${dialect}",
diff --git a/server/typescript/packages/cli/test/init.test.ts b/server/typescript/packages/cli/test/init.test.ts
index b9cbb2821..07e60e38f 100644
--- a/server/typescript/packages/cli/test/init.test.ts
+++ b/server/typescript/packages/cli/test/init.test.ts
@@ -214,4 +214,14 @@ describe("init --d1", () => {
     const configTs = readFileSync(join(cwd, "metaobjects.config.ts"), "utf8");
     expect(configTs).toContain('dialect:   "sqlite"');
   });
+
+  test("scaffolds metaobjects.config.ts with outDir = 'src/generated' (not the ambiguous src/db)", async () => {
+    const code = await initCommand([], cwd);
+    expect(code).toBe(0);
+    const configTs = readFileSync(join(cwd, "metaobjects.config.ts"), "utf8");
+    expect(configTs).toContain('outDir:    "src/generated"');
+    // "./src/db" as outDir collides with the user-created src/db.ts that the
+    // generated routes import via dbImport "../db" — keep them distinct.
+    expect(configTs).not.toContain('"./src/db"');
+  });
 });