diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03f1f9b..36ac74d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 __pycache__/
 .env
 .vscode
-.db/
\ No newline at end of file
+.db/
+instance/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 28bd0af..409df2f 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
 
 class LocalConfig(Config):
-    basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir,'.db', 'local.db')
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///local.db'
     DEBUG = True
 
 class GithubCIConfig(Config):