diff --git a/backend/sportsmatch/.gitignore b/backend/sportsmatch/.gitignore
index c2065bc2..dbdc3dc9 100644
--- a/backend/sportsmatch/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/sportsmatch/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ out/
 
 ### VS Code ###
 .vscode/
+
+### h2 database ###
+./sportsmatch
+*.db
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diff --git a/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/java/com/sportsmatch/SportsmatchApplication.java b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/java/com/sportsmatch/SportsmatchApplication.java
index 826ce3cf..26f19ee5 100644
--- a/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/java/com/sportsmatch/SportsmatchApplication.java
+++ b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/java/com/sportsmatch/SportsmatchApplication.java
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
   @Override
   public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
-    addData();
+    checkRecords();
+  }
+
+  private void checkRecords() {
+    List<User> users = userRepository.findAll();
+    if (users.isEmpty()) {
+      addData();
+    }
   }
 
   public void addData() {
diff --git a/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b1569583..f8872f49 100644
--- a/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:file:./sportsmatch
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=password
 spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 spring.jpa.show-sql=true
 spring.h2.console.enabled=true
-
 spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled=true
 
 jwt.secret=56e1a2c8b7a56f5c480cf0045186dbc514d9172e4fbbc81dd82f541384274c3c
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