diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 670c2bb..e844141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # VSCode settings
 .vscode
 
+# App settings
+config.json
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/project_amber/app.py b/project_amber/app.py
index 3f7da32..5bad765 100644
--- a/project_amber/app.py
+++ b/project_amber/app.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = config["database"]
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+db.create_all() # create all tables on first run
 
 @app.route("/")
 def hello():