diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bccb6..30b008b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,50 @@
-__pycache__/
-*.log
-<<<<<<< Updated upstream
-=======
-*.env
->>>>>>> Stashed changes
-.env
 start.sh
 update.sh
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+Desktop.ini
+
+# Editors / IDEs
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# Env / secrets
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
+# Dependencies
+node_modules/
+vendor/
 venv/
-update.ps1
-venv/pyvenv.cfg
-venv/*
-venv/pyvenv.cfg
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
+# Build output
+dist/
+build/
+out/
+*.egg-info/
+target/
+bin/
+obj/
+
+# Testing / coverage
+coverage/
+.nyc_output/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Misc
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.old
+.cache/
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 92951ca..19b80e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-mariadb == 1.1.14
 python-dotenv == 1.2.3
 fastapi[standard] == 0.141.1
 argon2-cffi == 25.1.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 MarkupSafe==3.0.3
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
-alembic==1.20.0
\ No newline at end of file
+alembic==1.20.0
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.54
\ No newline at end of file