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/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