diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83d2183..e563941 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .*
 !.gitignore
 *-*/
+*.db
 node_modules/
 test/
 package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/test_db.js b/db/test_db.js
index 47c5f2b..13ea23b 100644
--- a/db/test_db.js
+++ b/db/test_db.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-const betterSqlite3DB = require('db_utils');
+const betterSqlite3DB = require('./db_utils');
+const path = require('path');
 
-const db_path = utils.path.join('.', 'sqlite3.db');
+const db_path = path.join(__dirname, 'sqlite3.db');
 const db = new betterSqlite3DB(db_path, null);
 
 db.createTable('test', [