diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a4c884..518ff42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 gin-bin
-lishwist.db
+*lishwist.db
 .env*.local
 server/db/init_sql.go
 .ignored/
diff --git a/server/db/db.go b/server/db/db.go
index eff20d8..c3df638 100644
--- a/server/db/db.go
+++ b/server/db/db.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 var database *sql.DB
 
 func Open() error {
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", "./lishwist.db")
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", env.DatabaseFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/server/env/env.go b/server/env/env.go
index a6f27be..ee9a036 100644
--- a/server/env/env.go
+++ b/server/env/env.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func GuaranteeEnv(key string) (variable string) {
 	return
 }
 
+var DatabaseFile = GuaranteeEnv("LISHWIST_DATABASE_FILE")
 var SessionSecret = GuaranteeEnv("LISHWIST_SESSION_SECRET")
 var HostRootUrl = GuaranteeEnv("LISHWIST_HOST_ROOT_URL")
 var HostPort = os.Getenv("LISHWIST_HOST_PORT")