diff --git a/backend/src/backend/.env b/backend/src/backend/.env
index 3fcde65..5373d21 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/.env
+++ b/backend/src/backend/.env
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ BACKEND_URL="http://localhost:8000"
 FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:4321"
 SECRET="IamALocalSecretAndMustBeReplacedInProduction"
 ENVIRONMENT="local"
-MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN="FakedyFake"
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+MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN="FakedyFake"
+DB_NAME="dev"
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/config.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/config.cpython-314.pyc
index 25663f5..72a94f4 100644
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/config.py b/backend/src/backend/config.py
index b902cdc..ecc7090 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/config.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ ENVIRONMENT = os.environ["ENVIRONMENT"]
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ["SECRET"]
 FRONTEND_URL = os.environ["FRONTEND_URL"]
 BACKEND_URL = os.environ["BACKEND_URL"]
-MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN = os.environ["MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN"]
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+MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN = os.environ["MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN"]
+DB_NAME = os.environ["DB_NAME"]
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/database.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/database.cpython-314.pyc
index b7c33d4..d9d2f91 100644
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py b/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
index de12497..12ad585 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+from backend.config import DB_NAME
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from sqlmodel import Session
 from sqlmodel import SQLModel
 from sqlmodel import create_engine
 
-sqlite_file = "dev.db"
-sqlite_url = f"sqlite:///{sqlite_file}"
+sqlite_url = f"sqlite:///{DB_NAME}.db"
 
 connect_args = {"check_same_thread": False}
 engine = create_engine(sqlite_url, connect_args=connect_args)