diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f59259..0435794 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ dist/
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example
+
+# SQLite databases (production data should not be in git)
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
diff --git a/gsm-backend/db/database.sqlite b/gsm-backend/db/database.sqlite
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/gsm-backend/db/users.sqlite b/gsm-backend/db/users.sqlite
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e64124..0000000
Binary files a/gsm-backend/db/users.sqlite and /dev/null differ