diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9320a5d..20f118b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ production-server
 dump.rdb
 docs/api/static
 **/.DS_Store
+db/*
+!db/.gitkeep
diff --git a/db/.gitkeep b/db/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39d4a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# keep this folder in git
+# if you use a file-based databases such as sqlite3, the database files would be stored here
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/knexfile.js b/knexfile.js
index c3b4fc3..b8a6dac 100644
--- a/knexfile.js
+++ b/knexfile.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module.exports = {
   production: {
     client: env.DB_CLIENT,
     connection: {
-      filename: env.DB_FILENAME,
+      filename: "db/" + env.DB_FILENAME,
       host: env.DB_HOST,
       database: env.DB_NAME,
       user: env.DB_USER,
diff --git a/server/knex.js b/server/knex.js
index 7f5e463..4ff3bdc 100644
--- a/server/knex.js
+++ b/server/knex.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const env = require("./env");
 const db = knex({
   client: env.DB_CLIENT,
   connection: {
-    filename: env.DB_FILENAME,
+    filename: "db/" + env.DB_FILENAME,
     host: env.DB_HOST,
     port: env.DB_PORT,
     database: env.DB_NAME,