diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 3672fe02..400d73b6 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 ORIGINS = app.config.get("ORIGINS")
 SSL = app.config.get("SSL")
 
+
+def get_db_path_from_config():
+    database_uri = app.config.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI", "")
+    if database_uri.startswith("sqlite:///"):
+        return database_uri.replace("sqlite:///", "")
+    return None
+
+
+db_path = get_db_path_from_config()
+if db_path:
+    db_dir = os.path.dirname(db_path)
+    if db_dir and not os.path.exists(db_dir):
+        os.makedirs(db_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    init_database(db_path)
+    print(f"Database initialized at: {db_path}")
+
 flask_cors.CORS(app, origins=ORIGINS)
 app.register_blueprint(
     blueprint_routes.routes,
@@ -58,6 +74,6 @@ def return_error():
 
 # ''' Main '''
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    init_database(app)
-    print(f"Python is running in {FLASK_DEBUG} mode")
+    data_folder = app.config.get("DATA_FOLDER_PATH")
+    upload_folder = app.config.get("UPLOAD_FOLDER")
     app.run(debug=FLASK_DEBUG, host=DEFAULT_HOST, port=PORT, ssl_context=SSL)
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index b9c6544f..14d45e01 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ geode-common==33.11.0
 geode-viewables==3.3.0
 Flask[async]==3.0.3
 Flask-Cors==6.0.1
-werkzeug==3.0.3
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+werkzeug==3.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ba9756e8..d32a13d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,55 +2,34 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --output-file=./requirements.txt --pre ./requirements-internal.in ./requirements.in
+#    pip-compile --output-file=./requirements.txt --pre ./requirements.in
 #
 asgiref~=3.0
     # via flask
 blinker~=1.0
-    # via
-    #   flask
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
+    # via flask
 click~=8.0
-    # via
-    #   flask
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
-fastjsonschema~=2.0
-    # via opengeodeweb-microservice
+    # via flask
 flask[async]~=3.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   flask
     #   flask-cors
-    #   flask-sqlalchemy
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
 flask-cors~=6.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-flask-sqlalchemy~=3.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
 geode-common==33.11.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   geode-viewables
 geode-viewables==3.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-greenlet~=3.0
-    # via
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
-    #   sqlalchemy
 itsdangerous~=2.0
-    # via
-    #   flask
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
+    # via flask
 jinja2~=3.0
-    # via
-    #   flask
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
+    # via flask
 markupsafe~=3.0
     # via
     #   jinja2
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
     #   werkzeug
 opengeode-core==15.27.4
     # via
@@ -75,19 +54,8 @@ opengeode-io==7.4.0
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   geode-viewables
     #   opengeode-geosciencesio
-opengeodeweb-microservice~=1.0
-    # via -r requirements-internal.in
-sqlalchemy~=2.0
-    # via
-    #   flask-sqlalchemy
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
-typing-extensions~=4.0
-    # via
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
-    #   sqlalchemy
 werkzeug==3.0.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   flask
     #   flask-cors
-    #   opengeodeweb-microservice
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_back/app_config.py b/src/opengeodeweb_back/app_config.py
index 453a0eda..095b2754 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_back/app_config.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_back/app_config.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 # Third party imports
 # Local application imports
-from opengeodeweb_microservice.database.connection import get_database
-
-DATABASE_FILENAME = "project.db"
 
 
 class Config(object):
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ class Config(object):
     REQUEST_COUNTER = 0
     LAST_REQUEST_TIME = time.time()
     LAST_PING_TIME = time.time()
-    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
+    DATABASE_FILENAME = "project.db"
 
 
 class ProdConfig(Config):
@@ -27,9 +24,6 @@ class ProdConfig(Config):
     MINUTES_BEFORE_TIMEOUT = "1"
     SECONDS_BETWEEN_SHUTDOWNS = "10"
     DATA_FOLDER_PATH = "/data"
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f"sqlite:///{os.path.abspath(
-        os.path.join(DATA_FOLDER_PATH, DATABASE_FILENAME)
-        )}"
 
 
 class DevConfig(Config):
@@ -39,6 +33,3 @@ class DevConfig(Config):
     SECONDS_BETWEEN_SHUTDOWNS = "10"
     BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     DATA_FOLDER_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "data")
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f"sqlite:///{os.path.join(
-        BASE_DIR, DATA_FOLDER_PATH, DATABASE_FILENAME
-        )}"
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_back/utils_functions.py b/src/opengeodeweb_back/utils_functions.py
index ab3d05bf..92633d03 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_back/utils_functions.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_back/utils_functions.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ def validate_request(request: flask.Request, schema: dict[str, str]) -> None:
 
     if json_data is None:
         json_data = {}
-
     try:
         validate = fastjsonschema.compile(schema)
         validate(json_data)
@@ -259,10 +258,6 @@ def generate_native_viewable_and_light_viewable_from_file(
 
     data = geode_functions.load(geode_object, copied_full_path)
 
-    # Remplacer :
-    # database.session.delete(temp_data_entry)
-    # database.session.flush()
-    # Par :
     session = get_session()
     if session:
         session.delete(temp_data_entry)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e9b41626..2b4f9cc3 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ def copy_data():
     print("Current working directory:", os.getcwd())
     print("Directory contents:", os.listdir("."))
 
-    init_database(app)
-    # print(list(app.blueprints.keys()))
-    # for rule in app.url_map.iter_rules():
-    #     print(f"Route: {rule.rule} -> {rule.endpoint}")
+    init_database(db_path)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture