diff --git a/services/clsi/.gitignore b/services/clsi/.gitignore
index 0a58336149..30aa9829f9 100644
--- a/services/clsi/.gitignore
+++ b/services/clsi/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ app.js
 *~
 cache
 .vagrant
+db.sqlite
diff --git a/services/clsi/config/settings.testing.coffee b/services/clsi/config/settings.testing.coffee
index 19874cd5f2..ff7b0087e6 100644
--- a/services/clsi/config/settings.testing.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/config/settings.testing.coffee
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ module.exports =
 			database: "clsi"
 			username: "clsi"
 			password: null
+			dialect: "sqlite"
+			storage: Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../db.sqlite")
 
 
 	path:
diff --git a/services/clsi/package.json b/services/clsi/package.json
index 2630995cf5..1892a7aaf9 100644
--- a/services/clsi/package.json
+++ b/services/clsi/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "settings-sharelatex": "git+ssh://git@github.com:sharelatex/settings-sharelatex.git#master",
     "sequelize": "~2.0.0-beta.2",
     "wrench": "~1.5.4",
-    "smoke-test-sharelatex": "git+ssh://git@github.com:sharelatex/smoke-test-sharelatex.git#master"
+    "smoke-test-sharelatex": "git+ssh://git@github.com:sharelatex/smoke-test-sharelatex.git#master",
+    "sqlite3": "~2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "1.10.0",