diff --git a/src/core/migrations/__init__.py b/src/core/migrations/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/epub2go_web/settings.py b/src/epub2go_web/settings.py
index f0e567e..272952d 100644
--- a/src/epub2go_web/settings.py
+++ b/src/epub2go_web/settings.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
-    "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "core",
@@ -49,10 +48,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
 
@@ -80,8 +77,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = "epub2go_web.wsgi.application"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.dummy",
     }
 }