diff --git a/.env b/.env
index daf7372..4cc8d31 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-DATABASE_URL=app.db
+DATABASE_URL=data/app.db
 BIND_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:7800
 HASH_COST=8
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b90f924..2af6060 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /target
 .idea
 .vscode
-/app_db.db
\ No newline at end of file
+app.db
+/data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.db b/app.db
deleted file mode 100755
index c972fae..0000000
Binary files a/app.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build.Dockerfile b/build.Dockerfile
index 88703fa..aa2c40a 100644
--- a/build.Dockerfile
+++ b/build.Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN groupadd $APP_USER \
 COPY ./.env ${APP}/.env
 COPY ./migrations ${APP}/migrations
 COPY ./static ${APP}/static
-COPY ./db/empty.db ${APP}/app.db
+COPY ./db/empty.db ${APP}/data/app.db
 COPY --from=builder /actix-demo/target/release/actix-demo ${APP}/actix-demo
 
 RUN chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER ${APP}
diff --git a/ci.Dockerfile b/ci.Dockerfile
index 4bf0138..8602d02 100644
--- a/ci.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci.Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN groupadd $APP_USER \
 COPY ./.env ${APP}/.env
 COPY ./migrations ${APP}/migrations
 COPY ./static ${APP}/static
-COPY ./db/empty.db ${APP}/app.db
+COPY ./db/empty.db ${APP}/data/app.db
 COPY ./target/release/actix-demo ${APP}/actix-demo
 
 RUN chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER ${APP}