diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 792f7d9..2b4fd5b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ TODO.txt
 sql_tester.py
 conf
 outputs
-dakiny.db
\ No newline at end of file
+database
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 543f981..1415ee1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COPY dakiny_bot.py dakiny_bot.py
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 COPY config.py config.py
 COPY classes classes/
-COPY database database
+COPY database_setup database_setup/
 
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/classes/election_cycle.py b/classes/election_cycle.py
index 3ae32b2..13b654e 100644
--- a/classes/election_cycle.py
+++ b/classes/election_cycle.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from config import DakinyConfig
-from database.sql_data_classes import ElectionInformation, engine
+from database_setup.sql_data_classes import ElectionInformation, engine
 from utils import get_datetime
 
 
diff --git a/dakiny_bot.py b/dakiny_bot.py
index fb7bba8..1c42bb8 100644
--- a/dakiny_bot.py
+++ b/dakiny_bot.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import nextcord
 from hydra.core.config_store import ConfigStore
 from nextcord.ext import commands
 
-import database.create_database as create_database
+import database_setup.create_database as create_database
 from config import DakinyConfig
 
 cs = ConfigStore.instance()
diff --git a/database/create_database.py b/database_setup/create_database.py
similarity index 59%
rename from database/create_database.py
rename to database_setup/create_database.py
index 427f3ea..7b975ca 100644
--- a/database/create_database.py
+++ b/database_setup/create_database.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Small script to create the database if it doesn't already exist.
 import sqlite3
 from os.path import exists
 
-if not exists("dakiny.db"):
-    with sqlite3.connect("dakiny.db") as con:
+if not exists("database/dakiny.db"):
+    with sqlite3.connect("database/dakiny.db") as con:
         cur = con.cursor()
 
-        with open("database/database.sql", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        with open("database_setup/database.sql", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             database_script = file.read()
             cur.executescript(database_script)
             con.commit()
diff --git a/database/database.sql b/database_setup/database.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from database/database.sql
rename to database_setup/database.sql
diff --git a/database/sql_data_classes.py b/database_setup/sql_data_classes.py
similarity index 90%
rename from database/sql_data_classes.py
rename to database_setup/sql_data_classes.py
index cbee89d..d7ed893 100644
--- a/database/sql_data_classes.py
+++ b/database_setup/sql_data_classes.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.automap import automap_base
 
 # connect with sql alchemy and autoload schema
-URL = "sqlite+pysqlite:///dakiny.db"
+URL = "sqlite+pysqlite:///database/dakiny.db"
 engine = create_engine(URL)
 Base = automap_base()
 Base.prepare(autoload_with=engine)