diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff18e6b..debf398 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 node_modules/
 coverage/
 .env
+database.sqlite
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
 /playwright-screenshots/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 84fbc81..8368652 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Copy custom combined_server.js that combines frontend and backend
 COPY combined_server.js ./
 
-# Switch to non-root user
-USER nextjs
-
 # Expose the port
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index de5fee4..8f31ed2 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
 .env
-database.sqlite
 public/uploads/
diff --git a/backend/config/config.js b/backend/config/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790e93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+const databasePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../database/database.sqlite');
+
+module.exports = {
+  development: {
+    dialect: 'sqlite',
+    storage: databasePath,
+  },
+  test: {
+    dialect: 'sqlite',
+    storage: databasePath,
+  },
+  production: {
+    dialect: 'sqlite',
+    storage: databasePath,
+  }
+};
diff --git a/backend/config/config.json b/backend/config/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 339460d..0000000
--- a/backend/config/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "development": {
-    "dialect": "sqlite",
-    "storage": "database/database.sqlite"
-  },
-  "test": {
-    "dialect": "sqlite",
-    "storage": "database/database.sqlite"
-  },
-  "production": {
-    "dialect": "sqlite",
-    "storage": "../database/database.sqlite"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index facb97f..1e2eb78 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   unittcms:
     image: unittcms:latest
+    build: .
     ports:
       - '8000:8000'
     environment: