diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c9a181a..03055daa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -240,3 +240,6 @@ ModelManifest.xml
 
 # FAKE - F# Make
 .fake/
+
+# Jetbrains Rider files
+.idea/
diff --git a/.idea/.idea.CheeseMVC/riderModule.iml b/.idea/.idea.CheeseMVC/riderModule.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a4e0d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.idea.CheeseMVC/riderModule.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="RIDER_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../.." />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..464a3ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Fix for LC101 students using Unix based systems (OSX or Linux)
+
+### Sources
+
+- https://medium.com/@yostane/entity-framework-core-and-sqlite-getting-started-on-macos-and-visual-studio-code-27f3830db77c
+- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/miscellaneous/configuring-dbcontext
+- one very long night
+
+### Note
+#### this project was written in JetBrains Rider. It should be compatible with Visual Studio but if not just use the modified files below:
+
+- src/CheeseMVC/Data/CheeseDbContext.cs
+- src/CheeseMVC/CheeseMVC.csproj
+- src/CheeseMVC/Startup.cs
+- src/CheeseMVC/appsettings.json
+
+
+\- Vamp
diff --git a/src/CheeseMVC/CheeseMVC.csproj b/src/CheeseMVC/CheeseMVC.csproj
index 212dde18..946b5065 100644
--- a/src/CheeseMVC/CheeseMVC.csproj
+++ b/src/CheeseMVC/CheeseMVC.csproj
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="2.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design" Version="1.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
-<ItemGroup>
-  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="2.0.1" />
-  <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.0.1" />
-</ItemGroup>
-
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="2.0.1" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.0.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.1.0-preview1-final" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CheeseMVC/Data/CheeseDbContext.cs b/src/CheeseMVC/Data/CheeseDbContext.cs
index d90ac210..632055f7 100644
--- a/src/CheeseMVC/Data/CheeseDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/CheeseMVC/Data/CheeseDbContext.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ namespace CheeseMVC.Data
     public class CheeseDbContext : DbContext
     {
         public DbSet<Cheese> Cheeses { get; set; }
+        
+        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder) {
+            // Specify the path of the database here
+            optionsBuilder.UseSqlite("Data Source=./CheeseMVC.sqlite");
+        }
 
         public CheeseDbContext(DbContextOptions<CheeseDbContext> options) 
             : base(options)
diff --git a/src/CheeseMVC/Startup.cs b/src/CheeseMVC/Startup.cs
index 6993e060..98f446f1 100644
--- a/src/CheeseMVC/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/CheeseMVC/Startup.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
 
             services.AddDbContext<CheeseDbContext>(options =>
-                options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
+                options.UseSqlite("DataSource=CheeseMVC.sqlite"));
 
             // Add framework services.
             services.AddMvc();
diff --git a/src/CheeseMVC/appsettings.json b/src/CheeseMVC/appsettings.json
index d327753e..fa8ce71a 100644
--- a/src/CheeseMVC/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/CheeseMVC/appsettings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=CheeseMVC-persistent;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
-  },
   "Logging": {
     "IncludeScopes": false,
     "LogLevel": {