diff --git a/backend/database/a.out b/backend/database/a.out
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diff --git a/backend/database/breachedPasswords.db b/backend/database/breachedPasswords.db
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diff --git a/backend/database/database.cpp b/backend/database/database.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f31a617..0000000
--- a/backend/database/database.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sqlite3.h>
-#include <iostream>
-
-/*
-   Instructions on how to use:
-   cd backend/database
-
-   
-
-   Compile the binary:
-   g++ database.cpp -l sqlite3 <SELECT or INSERT>
-   ./a.out
-*/
-
-/* Print out the contents of the table by going password by password. */
-static int printData(void *NotUsed, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName)
-{
-   int i;
-   for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
-   {
-      printf("%s = %s\n", azColName[i], argv[i] ? argv[i] : "NULL");
-   }
-   printf("\n");
-   return 0;
-}
-
-/* Executes the main part of the function by inserting or selecting the SQL Query */
-int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-   std::cout << argv[1] << std::endl;
-   sqlite3 *db;
-   char *err = 0;
-   int res;
-
-   /* Open database */
-   res = sqlite3_open("breachedPasswords.db", &db);
-
-   if( res ) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Can't open database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
-      return(0);
-   } else {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Opened database successfully\n");
-   }
-
-   /* Create SQL Table named PASSWORDS with column PASSWORD 
-      This only needs to be initialized once. */ 
-   // const char* sql = "CREATE TABLE PASSWORDS("
-   //             "PASSWORD   TEXT  PRIMARY KEY  NOT NULL); ";
-
-   /* Insert two passwords (yourmoms.com and badpassword12) into the table */
-   // const char *sql = "INSERT INTO PASSWORDS (PASSWORD)"
-   //                   "VALUES ('yourmomsss.com')"
-   //                   "INSERT INTO PASSWORDS (PASSWORD)"
-   //                   "VALUES ('badpassword123');";
-
-   /* Get all passwords SQL query */
-   const char* sql;
-   const char* command = argv[1];
-   if (strcmp(command,"INSERT") == 0) { // insert the password
-      const char* password = argv[2];
-      sql = "INSERT INTO PASSWORDS (PASSWORD)"
-            "VALUES ('mymomscool13');";
-   } else if (strcmp(command, "SELECT") == 0) { // select all passwords
-      sql = "SELECT * from PASSWORDS";
-   } else {
-      return 1;
-   }
-
-   /* Execute SQL statement */
-   res = sqlite3_exec(db, sql, printData, 0, &err);
-
-   /* Determines if the response has any errors to print out to terminal.*/
-   if (res != SQLITE_OK)
-   {
-      fprintf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", err);
-      sqlite3_free(err);
-   }
-   else
-   {
-      fprintf(stdout, "SQL successful.\n");
-   }
-
-   sqlite3_close(db); // closes the database
-   return 0; 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main.cpp b/backend/src/main.cpp
index 946b4c2..6b73db6 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.cpp
+++ b/backend/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 int main()
 {
     database::initializeDatabase("passwords.db");
-    printf("%s\n", "database initialized");
 
     // declare crow application
     crow::SimpleApp app;