diff --git a/state_10-40-29-186.db b/state_10-40-29-186.db
index 3fc8bc6..e90696a 100644
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diff --git a/state_merged.db b/state_merged.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 33286f4..0000000
Binary files a/state_merged.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index 3ed8b7d..3f1d9a0 100755
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -12,16 +12,11 @@ echo "[$(date '+%H:%M:%S')] Sync from $HOSTNAME..."
 python3 << PYEOF
 import sqlite3, os, shutil, tempfile
 
-local_db = os.path.join(os.environ['HERMES_HOME'], 'state.db')
-export_db = os.path.join(os.environ['SYNC_DIR'], f"state_{os.environ['HOSTNAME']}.db")
+local_db = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/.hermes'), 'state.db')
+export_db = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/.hermes-sync'), f"state_{os.environ.get('HOSTNAME') or __import__('socket').gethostname()}.db")
 tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='hs_exp_')
 
 try:
-    conn = sqlite3.connect(local_db)
-    conn.execute('PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)')
-    conn.execute('PRAGMA optimize')
-    conn.close()
-
     tmp_db = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'db')
     shutil.copy2(local_db, tmp_db)
 
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ fi
 python3 << 'PYEOF'
 import sqlite3, os, glob, shutil, tempfile
 
-sync_dir = os.environ['SYNC_DIR']
+sync_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/.hermes-sync')
 merged_path = os.path.join(sync_dir, 'state_merged.db')
 db_files = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(sync_dir, 'state_*.db')))
 db_files = [f for f in db_files if not f.endswith('_merged.db')]
@@ -176,8 +171,8 @@ fi
 python3 << 'PYEOF'
 import sqlite3, os, shutil, tempfile
 
-hermes_home = os.environ['HERMES_HOME']
-merged_path = os.path.join(os.environ['SYNC_DIR'], 'state_merged.db')
+hermes_home = os.path.expanduser('~/.hermes')
+merged_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/.hermes-sync'), 'state_merged.db')
 local_db = os.path.join(hermes_home, 'state.db')
 
 if not os.path.exists(merged_path):
@@ -185,11 +180,6 @@ if not os.path.exists(merged_path):
 else:
     tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='hs_rest_')
     try:
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(local_db)
-        conn.execute('PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)')
-        conn.execute('PRAGMA optimize')
-        conn.close()
-
         tmp_db = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'db')
         shutil.copy2(merged_path, tmp_db)