diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5830bc8..1bd9d3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ logs/*.jsonl
 .web/
 .states/
 
+<<<<<<< Updated upstream
 # SQLite database (will contain local data)
 #*.db
 #*.sqlite
+=======
+# SQLite databases (except pathways.db which contains pre-computed data)
+*.db
+!data/pathways.db
+*.sqlite
+>>>>>>> Stashed changes
 
 # Snowflake result cache
 data/cache/
diff --git a/run_dash.py b/run_dash.py
index c98fe31..77a5fbd 100644
--- a/run_dash.py
+++ b/run_dash.py
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 """Entry point for the Dash application."""
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Ensure src/ is on sys.path so that core/, data_processing/, etc. are importable
+_src_dir = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "src")
+if _src_dir not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _src_dir)
+
 from dash_app.app import app
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":