diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3557f3..41a0145 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ __pycache__/
 venv/
 node_modules/
 dist/
+*.tsbuildinfo
 build/
 coverage/
 .coverage
diff --git a/backend/alembic.ini b/backend/alembic.ini
index 8da6ede..32afd16 100644
--- a/backend/alembic.ini
+++ b/backend/alembic.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [alembic]
 script_location = migrations
+prepend_sys_path = .
 sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///./wisegrade.db