diff --git a/db/config.php b/db/config.php
index 0560579..8df4656 100644
--- a/db/config.php
+++ b/db/config.php
@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
 <?php
-// db/config.php - FIXED FOR FLATLOGIC DEFAULT DB
+// db/config.php — USING SQLITE (no DB server needed)
 
 function db()
 {
-    static $p = null;
-    if ($p) {
-        return $p;
+    static $pdo = null;
+    if ($pdo) return $pdo;
+
+    $dbFile = __DIR__ . '/../database.sqlite';
+    
+    // Ensure db directory exists
+    if (!is_dir(dirname($dbFile))) {
+        mkdir(dirname($dbFile), 0755, true);
     }
 
-    // Try common Flatlogic defaults
-    $host = '127.0.0.1';
-    $port = 3306;
-    $dbname = 'verified_donations'; // Keep this as-is
-    $username = 'root';   // Most common default user
-    $password = '';       // Often no password
-
-    $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;port=$port;dbname=$dbname;charset=utf8mb4";
-
     try {
-        $p = new PDO($dsn, $username, $password, [
-            PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
-            PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
-            PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false,
-        ]);
-        return $p;
+        $pdo = new PDO("sqlite:$dbFile");
+        $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+        $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+        // Enable foreign keys & UTF-8
+        $pdo->exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;");
+        $pdo->exec("PRAGMA encoding = 'UTF-8';");
+
+        return $pdo;
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
-        // Friendly error message for users
-        error_log('Database connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
-        throw new Exception("Database not ready. Please contact support.");
+        throw new Exception("SQLite error: " . $e->getMessage());
     }
 }
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