diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f4cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+quotes.db
diff --git a/backend/quote.py b/backend/quote.py
index f80abeb..c6e5274 100644
--- a/backend/quote.py
+++ b/backend/quote.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 import marshmallow
 import sqlalchemy
 import sqlalchemy.orm
@@ -6,7 +8,9 @@ import sqlalchemy.ext.declarative
 from datetime import datetime
 
 
-engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine('sqlite:////tmp/quotes.db')  # FIXME
+DB_PATH = os.path.expandvars('$HOME/quotes/quotes.db')
+
+engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(f'sqlite:///{DB_PATH}')
 Session = sqlalchemy.orm.sessionmaker(bind=engine)
 Base = sqlalchemy.ext.declarative.declarative_base()