diff --git a/.beads/.gitignore b/.beads/.gitignore
index 0acd8c6..35e6be3 100644
--- a/.beads/.gitignore
+++ b/.beads/.gitignore
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 # Daemon runtime files
 daemon.lock
 daemon.log
+daemon-*.log.gz
 daemon.pid
 bd.sock
+bd.sock.startlock
 sync-state.json
 last-touched
 
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ beads.right.meta.json
 sync_base.jsonl
 export-state/
 
+# Dolt database (managed by Dolt remotes, not git)
+dolt/
+dolt-access.lock
+
 # NOTE: Do NOT add negation patterns (e.g., !issues.jsonl) here.
 # They would override fork protection in .git/info/exclude, allowing
 # contributors to accidentally commit upstream issue databases.
diff --git a/.beads/config.yaml b/.beads/config.yaml
index 1de3590..446cda1 100644
--- a/.beads/config.yaml
+++ b/.beads/config.yaml
@@ -59,4 +59,6 @@ sync-branch: "beads-sync"
 # - linear.url
 # - linear.api-key
 # - github.org
-# - github.repo
\ No newline at end of file
+# - github.repo
+
+dolt.database: "beads_bb"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.beads/metadata.json b/.beads/metadata.json
index c787975..78d2f7f 100644
--- a/.beads/metadata.json
+++ b/.beads/metadata.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "database": "beads.db",
-  "jsonl_export": "issues.jsonl"
+  "database": "dolt",
+  "jsonl_export": "issues.jsonl",
+  "backend": "dolt",
+  "dolt_database": "beads_bb"
 }
\ No newline at end of file