diff --git a/_deploy/SnowWhite/localsettings-SnowWhite.py b/_deploy/SnowWhite/localsettings-SnowWhite.py
index 3f6ab6b32..17b510aa9 100644
--- a/_deploy/SnowWhite/localsettings-SnowWhite.py
+++ b/_deploy/SnowWhite/localsettings-SnowWhite.py
@@ -39,14 +39,11 @@ EMAIL_HOST_USER = "django-test@klebos.eu"  # Philip Sargent really
 EMAIL_PORT = 587
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "EXPO SERVER AUTOMATIC <django-test@klebos.eu>"
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------
-#  THINK before you push this to a repo
-#  - have you checked that secret_credentials.py is in .gitignore ?
-#  - we don't want to have to change the expo system password !
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------
-# default values,  real secrets will be imported from credentials.py in future
 
-SQLITEFILE = "/home/philip/expo/troggle.sqlite"  #  can be ':memory:'
+# default values,  real secrets will be imported from credentials.py 
+
+#SQLITEFILE = "/home/philip/expo/troggle.sqlite"  #  can be ':memory:'
+SQLITEFILE = str(Path(__file__).parent.parent / "troggle.sqlite")  #  can be ':memory:'
 
 PHOTOSREMOTE = False  # if True, then re-routes urls in expofiles/photos to remote server. Not implemented yet
 EXPOFILESREMOTE = False  # if True, then re-routes urls in expofiles to remote server. Tests are then less accurate.
diff --git a/deprecations.txt b/deprecations.txt
index e69de29bb..452954e62 100644
--- a/deprecations.txt
+++ b/deprecations.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/manage.py", line 34, in <module>
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
+    utility.execute()
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 416, in execute
+    django.setup()
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
+    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 91, in populate
+    app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 123, in create
+    mod = import_module(mod_path)
+  File "/home/philip/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.13.1-linux-x86_64-gnu/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
+    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
+           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
+  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/apps.py", line 8, in <module>
+    from .checks import check_middleware, check_models_permissions, check_user_model
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/checks.py", line 9, in <module>
+    from .management import _get_builtin_permissions
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
+    from django.contrib.contenttypes.management import create_contenttypes
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/management/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
+    from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, IntegrityError, migrations, router, transaction
+  File "/home/philip/expo/troggle/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/django/db/migrations/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
+    from .migration import Migration, swappable_dependency  # NOQA
+    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django.db.migrations.migration'