diff --git a/.beads/.gitignore b/.beads/.gitignore
index 4176bee..71ef677 100644
--- a/.beads/.gitignore
+++ b/.beads/.gitignore
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ backup/
 # Per-project environment file (Dolt connection config, GH#2520)
 .env
 
+# Tracker data (lives in the Dolt remote named by sync.remote, never in git)
+issues.jsonl
+interactions.jsonl
+
 # Legacy files (from pre-Dolt versions)
 *.db
 *.db?*
diff --git a/.beads/config.yaml b/.beads/config.yaml
index 8c13177..2d7bfdf 100644
--- a/.beads/config.yaml
+++ b/.beads/config.yaml
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@
 # - linear.api_key  → use LINEAR_API_KEY env var instead
 # - github.token    → use GITHUB_TOKEN env var instead
 
-sync.remote: "git+ssh://git@github.com/GeiserX/Pumperly.git"
\ No newline at end of file
+sync.remote: "git+ssh://git@gitea.geiser.cloud:2222/giteaer/Pumperly-beads.git"
+dolt.auto-commit: on
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eec8591..7ebdd1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ bun.lockb
 *.db
 .beads-credential-key
 .beads/proxieddb/
-# The tracker itself: never published from this public repository. Files already tracked under .beads/
-# (config, hooks) stay tracked; nothing new under it can be added by accident.
-.beads/
+# The tracker data: never published from this public repository. The tracker lives in a private Dolt
+# remote (see .beads/config.yaml sync.remote); only the scaffolding under .beads/ is committed.
+.beads/issues.jsonl
+.beads/interactions.jsonl
+.beads/dolt/
+.beads/embeddeddolt/
+.beads/backup/
+.beads/*.db
+.beads/.local_version
 
 # Generated by scripts/copy-maplibre-worker.mjs (prebuild)
 /public/maplibre/