diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index add57be..06fe016 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ bin/
 obj/
 /packages/
 riderModule.iml
-/_ReSharper.Caches/
\ No newline at end of file
+/_ReSharper.Caches/
+**/app.db*
+**/.idea
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
index 2131b7d..8de39ad 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Program.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+var allowSpecificOrigins = "_AllowSpecificOrigins";
+
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<BarkContext>();
 builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
@@ -10,6 +12,14 @@ builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
     c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "BarkMan API", Description = "BARK BARK WOOF WOOF", Version = "v1" });
 });
 
+builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
+{
+    options.AddPolicy(name: allowSpecificOrigins,
+        policy  =>
+        {
+            policy.WithOrigins("https://barkdev.ts.drewr.io", "http://localhost:5173");
+        });
+});
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 if (! app.Environment.IsProduction())
@@ -81,4 +91,6 @@ using (var serviceScope = app.Services.CreateScope())
     dbContext.Database.Migrate();
 }
 
+app.UseCors(allowSpecificOrigins);
+
 app.Run();
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/appsettings.json b/barkmanAPI/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8..1087d50 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/appsettings.json
+++ b/barkmanAPI/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "CorsAllowedOrgins": "barkdev.ts.drewr.io"
 }
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
index fc9e1d3..84799d7 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class BarkContext : DbContext
     {
         var folder = Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData;
         var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(folder);
-        DbPath = "./app.db";
+        DbPath = "./database/app.db";
     }
 
     // The following configures EF to create a Sqlite database file in the