diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d901ba..f58d558 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ app/static/usr/*.jpg
 app/static/img/
 app/static/frequency/frequency_*.pickle
 app/static/frequency/frequency.p
-app/static/wordfreqapp.db
+app/wordfreqapp.db
 app/static/donate-the-author.jpg
 app/static/donate-the-author-hidden.jpg
 app/model/__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 2633859..c3772cc 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pipeline {
     stages {
         stage('MakeDatabasefile') {
 	    steps {
-	        sh 'touch ./app/static/wordfreqapp.db && rm -f ./app/static/wordfreqapp.db' 
-	        sh 'cat ./app/static/wordfreqapp.sql | sqlite3 ./app/static/wordfreqapp.db'
+	        sh 'touch ./app/wordfreqapp.db && rm -f ./app/wordfreqapp.db' 
+	        sh 'cat ./app/static/wordfreqapp.sql | sqlite3 ./app/wordfreqapp.db'
 	    }
 	}
         stage('BuildIt') {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14cc9aa..a1a22d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ My steps for deploying English on a Ubuntu server.
 
 
 All articles are stored in the `article` table in a SQLite file called
-`app/static/wordfreqapp.db`.
+`app/wordfreqapp.db`.
 
 ### Adding new articles
 
-To add articles, open and edit `app/static/wordfreqapp.db` using DB Browser for SQLite (https://sqlitebrowser.org).
+To add articles, open and edit `app/wordfreqapp.db` using DB Browser for SQLite (https://sqlitebrowser.org).
 
 ### Extending an account's expiry date
 
-By default, an account's expiry is 30 days after first sign-up.  To extend account's expiry date, open and edit `user` table in `app/static/wordfreqapp.db`.  Simply update field `expiry_date`.
+By default, an account's expiry is 30 days after first sign-up.  To extend account's expiry date, open and edit `user` table in `app/wordfreqapp.db`.  Simply update field `expiry_date`.
 
 ### Exporting the database
 
diff --git a/app/Article.py b/app/Article.py
index df9ac3a..4b7632f 100644
--- a/app/Article.py
+++ b/app/Article.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path_prefix = './'  # comment this line in deployment
 
 
 def total_number_of_essays():
-    rq = RecordQuery(path_prefix + 'static/wordfreqapp.db')
+    rq = RecordQuery(path_prefix + 'wordfreqapp.db')
     rq.instructions("SELECT * FROM article")
     rq.do()
     result = rq.get_results()
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_article_body(s):
 
 
 def get_today_article(user_word_list, visited_articles):
-    rq = RecordQuery(path_prefix + 'static/wordfreqapp.db')
+    rq = RecordQuery(path_prefix + 'wordfreqapp.db')
     if visited_articles is None:
         visited_articles = {
             "index" : 0,  # 为 article_ids 的索引
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 1b71226..5d5f7cc 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -56,16 +56,6 @@ def appears_in_test(word, d):
     else:
         return ','.join(d[word])
 
-@app.before_request
-def restrict_file_access():
-    '''
-    禁止直接访问/static下的数据库文件
-    '''
-    requested_path = request.path
-    normalized_path = os.path.normpath(requested_path)
-    if normalized_path.startswith('/static/') and normalized_path.endswith('wordfreqapp.db'):
-        return abort(403)
-
 @app.route("/mark", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def mark_word():
     '''
diff --git a/app/model/__init__.py b/app/model/__init__.py
index 9526313..a360d0c 100644
--- a/app/model/__init__.py
+++ b/app/model/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pony.orm import *
 
 db = Database()
-db.bind("sqlite", "../static/wordfreqapp.db", create_db=True)  # bind sqlite file
+db.bind("sqlite", "../wordfreqapp.db", create_db=True)  # bind sqlite file
 
 
 class User(db.Entity):