diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6194c5a9..8e297c88 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 .coverage
 /htmlcov
 
-# SQLite database file.
-*.sqlite3
-
 # Environment configuration file.
 .env
 
@@ -23,8 +20,11 @@ docker-compose.yml
 # Python files.
 *.pyc
 
-# App static file folders.
+# App static file directories.
 /*/static
 
-# Django media root folder.
+# Django media root directory.
 /media
+
+# Default sqlite database parent directory.
+/data
diff --git a/babybuddy/settings/base.py b/babybuddy/settings/base.py
index fafcca22..f86275a8 100644
--- a/babybuddy/settings/base.py
+++ b/babybuddy/settings/base.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'data/db.sqlite3'),
     }
 }