diff --git a/src/config.lock.py b/src/config.lock.py
index 42bf4dd..968ca53 100644
--- a/src/config.lock.py
+++ b/src/config.lock.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ProductionConfig(Config):
 
 
 class TestingConfig(Config):
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'database.sqlite')
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'test_database.sqlite')
 
     @staticmethod
     def init_app(app):
diff --git a/test/test_scoreboard.py b/test/test_scoreboard.py
index 85d0bb3..f47b32c 100644
--- a/test/test_scoreboard.py
+++ b/test/test_scoreboard.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from src.models import db, Result
 from src.application import create_app
 import unittest
+import os
 import json
 
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class ScoreboardTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         db.drop_all()
+        os.remove("src/test_database.sqlite")
         self.app_context.pop()
 
     def test_index(self):