diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1fd81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pshell_history.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/History/SQLite.pm b/lib/History/SQLite.pm
index 42706e2..0b58902 100644
--- a/lib/History/SQLite.pm
+++ b/lib/History/SQLite.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package History::SQLite;
 
 use DBI;
+use Cwd;
 
 sub new {
     my ($class, %args) = @_;
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ sub new {
         db_path => $args{db_path} || 'command_history.db'
     }, $class;
     
+    # Convert to absolute path
+    $self->{db_path} = getcwd() . '/' . $self->{db_path} unless $self->{db_path} =~ m|^/|;
+    
     $self->_init_db;
     
     return $self;
diff --git a/lib/pshell_history.db b/lib/pshell_history.db
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000