diff --git a/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
index cc4d86b41e7d3f258e7b99c56192d068c79583d8..99337be2a6372fafe80482599d59e0366bd138cb 100644
--- a/app/.gitignore
+++ b/app/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 .DS_Store
 node_modules
 /dist
-/assets/settings.json
+/src/assets/settings.json
 
 
 # local env files
+.env
 .env.local
 .env.*.local
 
diff --git a/app/src/assets/settings.json b/app/src/assets/settings.json
index cb5d964182e796c69a7962288c4c4f3fde509b8c..5b0f797475c5cf288af9f1b5abcffab1d0e3f6ff 100644
--- a/app/src/assets/settings.json
+++ b/app/src/assets/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "settings": [{ "name": "nogg", "password": "N/9d^9cn23" }]
+  "settings": [
+    {
+      "name": "nogg",
+      "password": "N/9d^9cn23",
+      "url": "@nn.adamprocter.co.uk/"
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/app/src/store/index.js b/app/src/store/index.js
index 6fb2ba680b61689e34290c3f1cb2b7b52c41e048..93ef38c2b1ef82c2cd84386c62109e58d6b0062c 100644
--- a/app/src/store/index.js
+++ b/app/src/store/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import PouchDB from 'pouchdb'
 PouchDB.plugin(require('pouchdb-find'))
 import VueDraggableResizable from 'vue-draggable-resizable'
 
-import accounts from '../assets/settings.json'
+//import accounts from '../assets/settings.json'
 // PouchDB.debug.enable('*')
 
 Vue.use(Vuex)
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ if (localStorage.getItem('myNNClient') == null) {
 }
 
 var pouchdb = new PouchDB(microcosm)
-var remote =
-  'https://' +
-  accounts.settings[0].name +
-  ':' +
-  accounts.settings[0].password +
-  '@nn.adamprocter.co.uk/' +
-  microcosm +
-  '/'
+// var remote =
+//   'https://' +
+//   accounts.settings[0].name +
+//   ':' +
+//   accounts.settings[0].password +
+//   accounts.settings[0].url +
+//   microcosm +
+//   '/'
+
+var remote = 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/localcouch'
 
 const store = new Vuex.Store({
   state: {
@@ -80,14 +82,15 @@ const store = new Vuex.Store({
         // console.log(doc)
         microcosm = doc
         pouchdb = new PouchDB(microcosm)
-        remote =
-          'https://' +
-          accounts.settings[0].name +
-          ':' +
-          accounts.settings[0].password +
-          '@nn.adamprocter.co.uk/' +
-          microcosm +
-          '/'
+        // remote =
+        //   'https://' +
+        //   accounts.settings[0].name +
+        //   ':' +
+        //   accounts.settings[0].password +
+        //   accounts.settings[0].url +
+        //   microcosm +
+        //   '/'
+        remote = 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/localcouch'
 
         store.dispatch('syncDB')
       })