diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 190b23b3..60d49923 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .DS_Store
 config/pialert.conf
-db/
+#db/
diff --git a/db/pialert.db b/db/pialert.db
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff4e2731
Binary files /dev/null and b/db/pialert.db differ