diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bb91ef..6b1adcb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 # python cache
 __pycache__
+
+# config files
+web/config.php
diff --git a/init-db.py b/init-db.py
index 6d94d18..b151dfc 100755
--- a/init-db.py
+++ b/init-db.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from common import norm, get_tile_width, get_tile, get_area_name
 
 dbuser= ""
 dbpw = ""
+dbname = "worldbuild"
 force = False
 
 argc = len(sys.argv)
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ while i < argc:
 	elif sys.argv[i] == "-u" or sys.argv[i] == "--user":
 		i += 1
 		dbuser = sys.argv[i]
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-d" or sys.argv[i] == "--database":
+		i += 1
+		dbname = sys.argv[i]
 	elif sys.argv[i] == "-f" or sys.argv[i] == "--force":
 		force = True
 	elif sys.argv[i] == "-h" or sys.argv[i] == "--help":
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ while i < argc:
 		print("Initializes worldbuild status db")
 		print("")
 		print("OPTIONS")
+		print("  -d, --database    Database to be initialised. Default: worldbuild")
 		print("  -p, --password    Database password")
 		print("  -u, --user        Database user")
 		print("  -f, --force       Recreates everything from scratch")
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ states = [
 ]
 
 #try:
-db = pymysql.connect("localhost", dbuser, dbpw, "worldbuild")
+db = pymysql.connect("localhost", dbuser, dbpw, dbname)
 
 cursor = db.cursor()
 
@@ -190,6 +195,8 @@ sql = ('CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER update_top_level '
 	'END IF; '
 'END; ')
 cursor.execute(sql)
+sql = "CREATE TABLE `auth` (`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `token` varchar(100) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), UNIQUE KEY `token` (`token`)) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4"
+cursor.execute(sql)
 db.commit()
 
 #except: