diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07e79f1a..9041fbb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # MarkiTect database files (local development)
 markitect.db
+assets/assets.db
+**/assets.db
 .markitect/
 
 # Issue workspace (temporary development files)
diff --git a/assets/assets.db b/assets/assets.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e2c0d02..00000000
Binary files a/assets/assets.db and /dev/null differ