diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 9ec23f0..1e12945 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@
 			<version>4.5.14</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-community-dialects</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 9ea7fa8..d3464f5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 spring.application.name=dirigent
 spring.profiles.active=local
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:file:./data/statedb
-spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
-spring.datasource.username=sa
-spring.datasource.password=password
-spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
-spring.h2.console.enabled=false
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:sqlite:./data/dirigent.db
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.sqlite.JDBC
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.community.dialect.SQLiteDialect
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 
 dirigent.git.authToken=