diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 919e95c80e..a3e3c59189 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ src/frontend/temp
 .history
 
 .dspy_cache/
-*.db
+*.db*
 *.mcp.json
 
 news-aggregated.json
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 4c712cea2f..45349aaa86 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
         "--reload-include",
         "./src/backend/*",
         "--reload-include",
-        "./src/lfx/*"
+        "./src/lfx/*",
+        "--reload-exclude",
+        "*.db*"
       ],
       "jinja": true,
       "justMyCode": false,