diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be4db4e1..a85b1bb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ backend/target
 
 # Obsidian plugin build folder
 plugin/build
+
+backend/db.sqlite3
+backend/config.yaml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73c1111c..0be09835 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,4 +34,10 @@
 - e2e tests
 - add clap
 - add auth middleware
-- add request logs
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+- add request logs
+- CI for:
+    - publish reconcile
+    - cross-platform build server
+    - run load test on server
+    - build and publish plugin with openapi types
+    - build docker image
diff --git a/backend/.env b/backend/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b47c1b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite://db.sqlite3
diff --git a/backend/sync_server/README.md b/backend/sync_server/README.md
index d0f395db..0b671554 100644
--- a/backend/sync_server/README.md
+++ b/backend/sync_server/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 cargo install sqlx-cli
-rm sync_server/test.db && sqlx database create --database-url sqlite://sync_server/test.db
-sqlx migrate run --source sync_server/src/database/migrations --database-url sqlite://sync_server/test.db
+rm db.sqlite3; sqlx database create --database-url sqlite://db.sqlite3
+sqlx migrate run --source sync_server/src/database/migrations --database-url sqlite://db.sqlite3
diff --git a/backend/sync_server/build.rs b/backend/sync_server/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5068697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/sync_server/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// generated by `sqlx migrate build-script`
+fn main() {
+    // trigger recompilation when a new migration is added
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+}
diff --git a/plugin/versions.json b/plugin/versions.json
index 26382a15..5842672e 100644
--- a/plugin/versions.json
+++ b/plugin/versions.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
 	"1.0.0": "0.15.0"
-}
+}
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