diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49ef2557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+db.sqlite3
diff --git a/saburly/settings/production.py b/saburly/settings/production.py
index 89de7a5c..a61ffc34 100644
--- a/saburly/settings/production.py
+++ b/saburly/settings/production.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+        'NAME': '/app/db.sqlite3',
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
 
 
-SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000