diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5e1081..03f1c6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@ venv
 __pycache__
 .mypy_cache/
 config/default.py
-node_modules/
-.vscode/
-config.default
-package-lock.json
-config/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a5bec6..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# OWL-MAP
-
-## Setup
-* clone the project
-* install geoip and postgis from your local package manager
-  * `$ sudo pacman -S postgis geoip`
-* setup postgres on your machine, see e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PostgreSQL
-  * `$ sudo su postgres`
-  * `$ initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data`
-* start postgres
-* create postgres user
-  * `$ sudo su postgres`
-  * `$ createuser --interactive` -> "owl" role with relevant priviledges
-* create postgres database "matcher" with hstore and postgis extensions
-  * `$ psql -U postgres`
-  * `> CREATE DATABASE matcher;`
-  * `> ALTER DATABASE matcher OWNER TO owl;`
-  * `> CREATE EXTENSION hstore;`
-  * `> CREATE EXTENSION postgis;`
-* create the db tables
-  * setup database credentials and name in default.py
-  * `$ python create_db.py`
-* setup a venv
-  * enter the venv, e.g. in pycharm
-  * `$ pip install -r requirements.txt`
-* `$ cp config/example.py config/default.py`
-* download id-tagging-schema
-  * `$ git clone https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema`
-  * adjust paths in default.py
-* download geoip databases
-  * https://git.io/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
-  * `$ pacman -S geoip-database-extra` in ArchLinux or https://dl.miyuru.lk/geoip/maxmind/city/maxmind4.dat.gz
-  * adjust default.py
-* run the tests
-* run 'python web_view.py'
diff --git a/config/example.py b/config/example.py
index 26b8a0e..28f5052 100644
--- a/config/example.py
+++ b/config/example.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 """Sample config."""
 
-# POSTGIS
-DB_USER = "owl"
-DB_NAME = "matcher"
 
 ID_TAGGING_SCHEMA_DIR = "/var/lib/data/id-tagging-schema"
 ID_PRESET_DIR = "/var/lib/data/id-tagging-schema/data/presets/"
diff --git a/create_db.py b/create_db.py
index 761fce7..2c1c6f9 100755
--- a/create_db.py
+++ b/create_db.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy.schema import CreateIndex, CreateTable
 
-from config.default import DB_USER, DB_NAME
 from matcher import database, model
 
-DB_URL = f"postgresql://{DB_USER}@localhost/{DB_NAME}"
+DB_URL = "postgresql:///matcher"
 database.init_db(DB_URL)
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e48821..1a601c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ simplejson
 user_agents
 num2words
 psycopg2
-pytest===8.3.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 823678e..c9f6c7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 """Test matcher utils."""
-from unittest import TestCase
 
 from matcher import utils
 
 
-class TestUtils(TestCase):
-    def test_format_wikibase_time_year(self) -> None:
-        """Test passing a year to format_wikibase_time."""
-        v = {"time": "+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 9}
-        assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "1950"
+def test_format_wikibase_time_year() -> None:
+    """Test passing a year to format_wikibase_time."""
+    v = {"time": "+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 9}
+    assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "1950"
 
-    def test_format_wikibase_time_century(self) -> None:
-        """Test passing centuries to format_wikibase_time."""
-        v = {"time": "+0800-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 7}
-        assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "8th century"
 
-        v = {"time": "+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 7}
-        assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "20th century"
+def test_format_wikibase_time_century() -> None:
+    """Test passing centuries to format_wikibase_time."""
+    v = {"time": "+0800-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 7}
+    assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "8th century"
 
-    def test_format_wikibase_time_decade(self) -> None:
-        """Test passing a full date to format_wikibase_time."""
-        v = {"time": "+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 8}
-        assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "1910s"
+    v = {"time": "+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 7}
+    assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "20th century"
 
-    def test_format_wikibase_time_day(self) -> None:
-        """Test passing a full date to format_wikibase_time."""
-        v = {"time": "+1868-01-09T00:00:00Z", "precision": 11}
-        assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "9 January 1868"
+
+def test_format_wikibase_time_decade() -> None:
+    """Test passing a full date to format_wikibase_time."""
+    v = {"time": "+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z", "precision": 8}
+    assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "1910s"
+
+
+def test_format_wikibase_time_day() -> None:
+    """Test passing a full date to format_wikibase_time."""
+    v = {"time": "+1868-01-09T00:00:00Z", "precision": 11}
+    assert utils.format_wikibase_time(v) == "9 January 1868"