diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bf21af..cc7d5b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ __pycache__/
 logs/
 data/
 .venv/
+data
diff --git a/data b/data
deleted file mode 120000
index ceabf72..0000000
--- a/data
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/claude-dev/osint-data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 338a2ef..6dfaa61 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "data")
 LOG_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "logs")
 STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "static")
-DB_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "osint.db")
+DB_PATH = os.environ.get("DB_PATH") or os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "osint.db")
 
 # JWT
 _JWT_SECRET = os.environ.get("JWT_SECRET", "")