diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/appsettings.json b/Source/DataLayer/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c5fe32d4..00000000
--- a/Source/DataLayer/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "// this connection string is ONLY used for DataLayer's Migrations. this appsettings.json file is NOT used at all by application; it is overwritten":  "",
-    "LibationContext": "Data Source=LibationContext.db;Foreign Keys=False;"
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/migrate.json b/Source/DataLayer/migrate.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..154f0fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/migrate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "LibationContext": "Data Source=LibationContext.db;Foreign Keys=False;"
+  }
+}
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